Judicial practice
The case of the JSC “Oschadbank”: EQUITY reduces collaterals to 238 million of UAH
On October 25th, 2018, within the framework of criminal proceedings, investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine in Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, the lawsuit on the selection of preventive measures was considered in the case of alleged possession of funds from the state JSC "Oschadbank" in the amount of $ 20 million in relation to former owners and officials of the Group of Companies "Creative", defended by the lawyers of the law firm EQUITY.
According to the results of the hearing, the decisions concerning each representative of the Client of the company provide for significantly reduced amounts of collaterals to the relevant persons and amount only to 10%, and in some cases even 5% of the previous amount, which was demanded by the prosecution.
Concerning the application of preventive measures, the Court has rendered a judgment as follows:
- former owner of the CJSC «Creative» - deposit of the collateral in the amount of 2 mln., instead of UAH30(!) mln.
- former two employees of the PJSC «Creative Group» - deposit of the collateral in the amount of UAH2 mln. and 550 thousand, instead of UAH 25(!) mln. and UAH5(!) mln. respectively.
- former chief accountant of the Group of Companies "Creative", - deposit of the collateral in the amount of 1,5 mln., instead of UAH30(!) mln.
- former director of the LLC «ZMZH» - deposit of the collateral in the amount of 1 mln., instead of UAH10(!) mln.
- former shareholder of the Group of Companies "Creative" Maksym Berezkin - deposit of the collateral in the amount of 5 mln., instead of UAH150(!) mln.
The mentioned decisions are the procedural victory of the EQUITY lawyers’ team, who protects former owners and officials of the Group of Companies "Creative", namely, the partners Taras Poshyvaniuk and Viacheslav Krahlevych, counselor Serhiy Kyrych, senior lawyer Bohdan Slobodian and lawyer Dmytro Bondarchuk.
Today, on October 26th, 2018, the corresponding amounts of collaterals have already been paid. We expect the Clients of the company to be released soon!
UPD: as at 16.30, the former shareholder of the Group of Companies "Creative", Maksym Berezkin, has left the temporary detention facility!
UPD: as at 18.00, the former chief accountant of the Group of Companies "Creative" and two employees of the PJSC "Creative Group" left the pretrial detention centre!
UPD: as at 18.20, the former head of the CJSC "Creative" has left the pretrial detention centre!
UPD: as at 18.50 six former owners and officials of the Group of Companies "Creative" have left the pretrial detention centers, whose protection has been implementing by the law firm EQUITY!
We wish all the Clients to spend the weekend together with the nearest persons!