"Sense Bank" at the center of a corruption scandal: Hetmantsev stated about illegal schemes in the gambling business

"Sense Bank" at the center of a corruption scandal: Hetmantsev stated about illegal schemes in the gambling business

Hetmantsev stated that an organized group might have been operating in the state-owned Sense Bank, which, through its official powers, facilitated illegal payments in the gambling sector.

This is reported by "Sho, Azartny".

According to him, this is not about isolated cases, but about an established corrupt scheme that operated with the tacit consent of the regulator and law enforcement agencies. He emphasized that the bank could actually serve as an intermediary for servicing illegal transactions of major market players.

Hetmantsev also noted that the institution’s internal financial monitoring might have been involved in this activity, while the NBU failed to respond adequately to the inspection results. Separately, he criticized the Ministry of Digital Transformation for failing to launch the online monitoring system, which, in his opinion, deprived the state of effective control over the market.

He reported that the Office of the Prosecutor General is already conducting searches at the bank and has opened criminal proceedings. At the same time, according to the MP, responsibility for the situation lies with the institution’s management, particularly the Chairman of the Board Oleksiy Stupak, who is proposed to be heard in the Verkhovna Rada.

In addition, Hetmantsev drew attention to information about the possible use of the bank for operations with cryptocurrency «mixers», as well as signals of pressure on the management to involve it in conducting suspicious financial operations.