Taking into account the public interest and media attention to the situation with the activity of LLC “I And You Group Ukraine”, the new Manager of “Rostok-Holding”, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) clarifies the consequences of seizure of “Rostok-Holding” assets by the Solomiansky District Court of the city of Kyiv, at the request of detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (proceeding № 1-ks/760/2616/19, case № 760/3893).
The decision of the Solomiansky District Court of the city of Kyiv, dated 08.02.2019 in any way does not block the activities of the new Manager of “Rostok-Holding”, which ARMA lawfully chose on 30.01.2019.
Additional seizures of “Rostok-Holding” property will only facilitate the recognition of these assets as physical evidence, the management of which is the prerogative of ARMA. For comparison: the CEC “Parkovy”, as well as one and the same property of the residence “Mezhygirya”, were seized in several criminal proceedings.
Consequently, any additional seizures and encumbrances of property in other criminal proceedings only strengthen ARMA's position as a body that ensures the preservation of seized assets and in no way weakens the legal status of the Agency.
In addition, according to some media, re-seizure prevents the "illegal sale of the property" by ARMA of the group of companies.
This information is incorrect, because the Agency consistently emphasizes the fact that it has chosen a new Manager of property in order to replenish the State Budget of Ukraine. In addition, the task of ARMA is to preserve the property of “Rostok-Holding” throughout the entire criminal proceeding. Thus, notifications on possible sale of property by the Agency contradict the reality.
Let us remind that from July 7, 2018, investigators of the Kharkiv Police Division of the General Department of National Police in the Kharkiv region have started conducting a pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceeding
№ 42018221430000250 on the grounds of a criminal offense. In fact, the pre-trial investigation authorities, the prosecutor's office and the court responded to fraudulent actions, which, in the opinion of the investigation led to the illegal seizure of a money sum exceeding USD 21 million (almost UAH 591 million).
Further, the investigating judges of the Kharkiv district court of Kharkiv region by their rulings from September 28, 2018 in the case № 635/4979/18 (proceedings № 1-ks/635/2266/2018 and № 1-ks/635/2265/2018) imposed seizure on property of “Rostok-Holding” Group companies.
In addition, on November 30, 2018, the investigating judges of the Kharkiv district court of Kharkiv region determined the procedure for storage of physical evidence in criminal proceeding № 42018221430000250 dated July 17, 2018. The assets of “Rostok-Holding”, transferred into ARMA`s management, are material evidence, seized in criminal proceedings, and property, to which the pre-trial investigation authorities, the prosecutor's office and the court have applied a special procedure for storage of material evidence.
