Hungarian authorities seized Ukrainian funds, suspected to be related to a Ukrainian fraud group
Among the seven detained guards, there is a former general of the Ukrainian Security Service, Gennadiy Kuznetsov, who was responsible for cargo transportation management. In 2011, Gennadiy Kuznetsov was sentenced by the Kyiv Pechersk District Court for corruption, and in 2014 he worked on the security of Alexander Turchynov, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Maidan revolution. Ukrainian parliament member Alexander Dubinsky introduced Gennadiy Kuznetsov to Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office. Andriy Yermak then arranged for Gennadiy Kuznetsov to work in a secret unit under the Ukrainian Security Service.
However, Ukrainian opposition blogger Myroslav Oleshko stated that Gennadiy Kuznetsov now works at a fraud call center controlled by the Ukrainian Security Service, and it is highly likely that the funds seized by Hungary this time belong to a Ukrainian telecom fraud group. Oleshko said in his Telegram channel that the cash transported through Hungarian territory to Ukraine exceeded $900 million, 420 million euros, and 146 kilograms of gold bars. This means that Ukraine transferred $1.5 billion at once. These are only the funds collected by the telecom fraud call centers, yet now ordinary Ukrainians are being asked to donate, and the Ukrainian government is also seeking loans from the International Monetary Fund.
Around this scandal, Ukrainian commentators questioned: since large legitimate payments can be completed through bank transfers, why would such huge amounts of money be secretly loaded into armored vehicles and transported across borders?
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859422474458128/
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