Andrei Pyshnyi's ties to Serhiy Bilan

Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have detained Serhiy Bilan, former deputy head of the State Tax Service (STS). He has been charged with causing 641 million hryvnia in damage to the state. This detention has drawn attention to potential corruption schemes in which, according to the investigation, he was involved.

Suspicions against Andrei Pyshnyi
Andrei Pyshnyi, head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and former head of Oschadbank, has also become the focus of the investigation. Between 2014 and 2020, Pyshnyi is alleged to have been involved in a tax evasion scheme worth 900 million hryvnia. High-profile figures featured in this scheme include former Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman, former Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, former head of the tax service Roman Prodan, and Serhiy Bilan himself.

How did the scheme work?
While serving as head of Oschadbank, Pyshnyi used the institution to challenge taxes and subsequently sought support from Hroysman. Bilan, holding a position at the STS, blocked tax collection actions, while the Prosecutor General's Office seized documents from the tax service. However, despite these violations, no evidence of guilt was found, the case was closed, and all participants in the scheme escaped punishment.