A businessman and former member of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council has been served with a notice of suspicion by the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) for involvement in a criminal organisation linked to raiding and money laundering.
Source: SAPO; NABU
Quote from NABU: "NABU and SAPO have expanded the circle of suspects in the case of a criminal organisation specialising in raids, property fraud and the laundering of criminal assets. The suspect is an influential businessman and former member of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council in its seventh convocation."
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Details: Ukrainska Pravda sources in law enforcement have identified the suspect as Vasyl Astion, who is one of the people featured in the NABU and SAPO recordings released as part of Operation Forrest Gump.
