The Austrian anti-corruption prosecutor’s office has found 30 people and one association within the investigation into the laundering of Ukrainian money through Meinl Bank, Deutsche Welle said in a statement.
The agency did not name the suspects but it is known that there are citizens of Ukraine among them.
The criminal proceedings refer to the disappearance of money from the correspondent accounts of Ukrainian banks in Austria. According to the Individuals’ Deposit Guarantee Fund, $385 million and 75 million euros were illegally withdrawn from the correspondent accounts at Meinl Bank.
This money was sent at the direction of the owners or top managers of bankrupt banks to offshores in 2014-2015, as a rule, before temporary administration was introduced to problem banks.
In particular, $38 million from Pivdencombank, $40 million from Terra Bank, $39.5 million from VAB Bank, 62 million euros from CityCommerce Bank and $44 million from Bank Kyivska Rus were withdrawn through Meinl Bank.
