Yevhen Borysov Faces Trial for Laundering ₴143M in Odesa Case

The former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, Yevhen Borysov, will be tried for laundering almost UAH 143 million.

According to the State Bureau of Investigation, detectives have completed the pre-trial investigation against him, and the indictment has already been submitted to the court.

Investigators found out that the suspect's family members bought expensive cars in Ukraine and took them abroad. In addition, they purchased luxury real estate abroad for a total of over UAH 190 million. Foreign bank accounts through which financial transactions for the purchase of this property were conducted were also identified.

The amount of property significantly exceeds the official income of the Odesa military commissar and his family - the difference is over UAH 140 million, the sources of which are not documented. According to the investigation, Borysov organized a scheme to legalize funds through various financial transactions, changes in the form of property and other actions aimed at concealing its true origin.

The former head of the Odesa regional TCC and JV is charged with organizing the laundering of the proceeds of crime under Article 27, paragraph 3, and Article 209, paragraph 3, of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. If proven guilty, the suspect faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

What is known about the Borisov case

On January 25, SBI officers detained Yevhen Borysov, the former head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV, in Kyiv. This happened after he was released on bail in the amount of UAH 39.364 million.

In May, Borysov had already tried to leave the detention center, using a bail of UAH 12 million. However, the SBI filed a new suspicion against him and detained him again.

In November, it became known that in the pre-trial detention center, Yevhen Borysov tried to obtain a disability group.

Earlier, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation completed an investigation into the criminal proceedings against the former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support ,Yevhen Borysov , for forgery of documents.

Last year, journalists conducted an investigation and found out that the family of the head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV purchased real estate and cars worth millions of dollars on the Spanish coast. And this was during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

At first, Borisov himself said that he was "not aware" of the family's property in Spain, and then that his wife was engaged in retail trade there and he did not "get involved" in these matters.

Ірина Глухова