Portnov reached out: a case was opened in Panama for laundering Poroshenko’s criminal proceeds
The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Panama has opened a criminal case against former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for crimes against the economic order in the form of money laundering, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
This was announced by the former deputy head of the Presidential Administration during the time of Viktor Yanukovych, Andrei Portnov, in his Telegram channel.
“Our work with Panamanian lawyers has achieved the first result - the special prosecutor of the Republic of Panama opened a criminal case under Art. 254 of the Penal Code of Panama - a crime against the economic order in the form of laundering the proceeds of crime.
This was preceded by my written affidavit - sworn testimony that Poroshenko and his entourage used Panama to hide criminal proceeds, assets and property, evasion of taxes to the Ukrainian budget and laundering funds stolen from the Ukrainian state,” Portnov wrote.
Panamanian authorities studied Portnov’s statement for almost a month, after which they decided to begin official criminal proceedings.
“We know for sure that his financial and commercial offshore transactions took place during the most tragic days of the death of Ukrainians, and after the first results of the investigation, we will show how and what he traded when he sent Ukrainians to war,” Portnov noted.
Among other things, he expressed the hope that after the appointment of a new Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the international services of the Prosecutor General’s Office at the official level will petition for the arrest of Poroshenko’s accounts and assets around the world.
Portnov also said that during the presidency of Petro Poroshenko, Western ambassadors and the IMF mission in Ukraine were wiretapped.
Portnov has reached out : Panama has opened a case on Poroshenko's money laundering scheme.