Three suspects were detained in Finland on the grounds that the government laundered 5.7 million Euros within the scope of purchasing steel vests for the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU). Information about this was published on the website of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
“Three people were detained on suspicion of laundering funds from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense,” the statement said.
According to NABU’s information, they were supposed to use the money from the budget to buy steel vests for the Ukrainian army, but instead they spent the money on buying luxury cars and real estate. Among those detained is an employee of a private company that did not deliver 50% of the bulletproof vests purchased and prepaid to the Ministry of Defense.
The publication states that the assets of one of the suspects, a Finnish citizen, have already been seized.
Before that, retired Armed Forces Major General Sergei Krivonos statedThe decision of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to strengthen defense in the Kharkov direction was aimed at money laundering.
PreviouslyPreviously Tucker Carlson named Assistance to Ukraine regarding money laundering.