Suspect in billion-dollar State Property Fund scam bought yacht abroad

Suspect in the billion-dollar State Property Fund scam Andriy Hmyrin purchased a villa and a yacht abroad.

This is reported by Bihus.Info.

Andriy Hmyrin, who worked at the State Property Fund The former head of the State Property Fund was declared wanted

until 2017 and is suspected of involvement in a 10 billion hryvnia scam, has been on the international wanted list for over a year and a half.

According to NABU, he, together with Dmytro Sennychenko, the former head of the State Property Fund, organized a scheme at state-owned enterprises controlled by the State Property Fund, and used illegal profits to purchase luxury real estate and other assets abroad.

In particular, the Hmyrin family purchased the Cranchi Settantotto 78 yacht, which costs about 5.5 million euros. The purchase was made by GFB COMPANY LTD, registered in the British Virgin Islands. The owner of the company is Ukrainian businessman Yevhen Golovin, Hmyrin’s partner in Dubai.

The NABU investigation revealed that the scheme was implemented in the State Property Fund in 2020-2021. According to the investigation, Hmyrin and Sennychenko facilitated the appointment of their people to management positions at the Odesa Port Plant and the United Mining and Chemical Company. The newly appointed managers signed contracts with companies controlled by the organizers of the scheme, on the condition that state-owned enterprises would sell goods at undervalued prices.

It should be noted that 10 more people are involved in the case, 8 of whom, including Sennychenko and Hmyrin, fled abroad and are wanted.

As previously reported by USM, the former head of the State Property Fund was declared wanted.