Embezzlement on an especially large scale and money laundering: Ukrainian oligarch Zhevago has been served with a notice of suspicion in France

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has served a notice of suspicion to a Ukrainian oligarch currently in France in a case involving the embezzlement of funds from the bank Finance and Credit.

This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.

“SBI officers, together with prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, within the framework of international cooperation, served a notice of suspicion to a Ukrainian oligarch who is a фигурантом case concerning the embezzlement of funds from the bank Finance and Credit,” the statement said.

The oligarch was also questioned.

The procedural action was carried out on March 19, 2026, in France with the participation of representatives of the competent authorities of that state. For this purpose, a Ukrainian delegation consisting of SBI investigators and prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General arrived in Paris as part of executing requests for international legal assistance.

The notice of suspicion was served at France’s National Anti-Fraud Office.

The oligarch’s name was not disclosed. However, details of the case indicate that it concerns Kostiantyn Zhevago.

Earlier, the SBI had already reported suspicion against the oligarch and three of his associates in a case involving the withdrawal of 519 million hryvnias (€10.3 million) from the bank Finance and Credit.