The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) froze the assets of an energy company that is part of Gazprom. This is due to illegal imports of fuel and lubricants into Ukraine. This was stated in the press service of the department.
“As a result of the investigation and operational work in the Chernihiv region, the mechanism for the illegal sale of fuels and lubricants produced by the aggressor country was eliminated,” the message published on the SBU Telegram channel said.
The SBU noted that a Ukrainian company, part of the sanctioned Russian transnational energy company Gazprom, was involved in the deal.
This “branch” <…> Wholesale batches of illegally imported Russian engine oils and other car care products are sold in Ukraine, ”the publication emphasizes.
According to the SBU, the total amount of seized assets is more than UAH 35 million. (950 thousand dollars) A large amount of property, documents, computers and mobile phones, which are evidence of crime, were seized during the searches.
The security service declared that the case complies with Part 4 of Art. 111-1 (“cooperative activity”), part 4 of Art. 110-2 (“financing of actions committed with the aim of forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order or seizing state power, changing the territory of Ukraine or the state border”).
Earlier it was known that the SBU. started to the operation to transfer “one of the largest oil refineries in the country” to state ownership. Ukrnafta confirmed that armed men entered the enterprise.