Pursuant to a ruling by an investigating judge of the Rivne City Court in Rivne region, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) has received for management seized funds totaling 57,100 USD, 940 EUR, and 660,000 UAH —equivalent to approximately 3.1 million UAH.

According to the pre-trial investigation authority, the funds were seized as part of a criminal proceeding involving the production and sale of counterfeit alcohol in Rivne Oblast on an industrial scale. The crime was allegedly committed by an organized criminal group consisting of five individuals, including a former law enforcement officer from the region.

On the instructions of the Head of ARMA, employees of ARMA’s Central-Western Territorial Office accepted the funds via official transfer documentation from an investigator of the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation in Khmelnytskyi and deposited them into an account of the National Agency.