US insist on investigation of allegedly corrupt deals of companies linked to Ukraine Central bank chairman

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A member of the House of Representatives foreign relations committee, Steve Stockman, appealed to US investigators to look into corruption in Ukraine related to hard-currency bonds, RBK-Ukrayina reports Nov. 25.

“The US extends grants and credits to Ukraine while accusations of corruption within the Ukrainian cabinet are surfacing, some of them against the Central bank.

Corrupt officials bought up hard-currency bonds via intermediaries in the Central bank using bank's assets. Then they transferred to off-shore entities the right to claim interest on the bonds.

In some deals the Investment capital Ukraine, ICU, company was involved. ICU at the time was co-owned by the present Central bank governor, Valeria Hontareva.

If the shady deals of Hontareva are confirmed, the cooperation with the US may be stopped,” Steve Stockman warns.

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