Eximagrokom
reports on a high probability of a raider seizure of its oil extraction plant
in Chuhuyiv city, Kharkiv region. This is evidenced by the unidentified
persons' attempts to enter the premises of the plant, as well as by a growing
number of unidentified athletic men in the vicinity of the plant. Previously,
in order to seize the plant from its owner, Rinat Akhmetov's First
International Ukrainian Bank (or PUMB as it is better known by its Ukrainian
acronym) has resorted to the use of fictitious co-signers to transfer the
jurisdiction to a "loyal" court. Thus, the management of Eximagrokom
has reason to believe that the raider seizure is being prepared by PUMB.
"On September
15, a group of people in black uniforms tried to enter the territory of our oil
extraction plant in Chuhuyiv. After the unsuccessful attempt to enter the
plant, they boarded four vehicles with Zaporizhia license plates and 'Sheriff'
sign, and drove around the adjacent territory, obviously assessing security
systems of the plant. Moreover, we came to know that a youth recreational
center nearby the plant was fully booked through September 18-20 for the
"arrival of the athletes," reported the head of Eximagrokom's legal
department Eduard Danilov.
The lawyer added
that the plant's management has already notified the city police of the
impending raider attack on the Chuhuyiv plant, which is most likely to take
place over the upcoming weekend.
"We would
like to point out once again that Eximagrokom has never denied the existence of
the debt to the PUMB bank amounting to UAH 36 million, and we do not disavow
our obligation to pay it off. On the contrary, we recognize our obligation and
do our best in the current difficult situation to make the payment. At the same
time we protest against the illegal methods employed by the bank's managers,
including Deputy Chairman Kostiantyn Shkolyarenko, in order to collect the
debt. Namely, the bank had forged the co-sign contract with previously unknown
to us Modern Business LLC, registered in Dnipropetrovsk, as to transfer the
jurisdiction from Kyiv to the Economic Court of Dnipropetrovsk region, where
"loyal" judges, including Judge Gennadiy Manko, make suitable for the
bank rulings based on a single court hearing”, said Eximagrokom's director
Serhiy Holub.
"Although
PUMB has publicly commented on our statements, neither of the bank's press
releases essentially refers to the fact of employing bogus co-signers, as well
as to the bank’s attempts to take over Eximagrokom's property worth more than
one billion hryvnia to repay the loan in the amount of merely 36 million! Even
the "blind" Themis of the Dnipropetrovsk Court recognized this as a
blatant inconsistency, and the court has suspended the proceedings until the
expert examination establishes the market value of the collateral – the plant
in Chuhuyiv," said Holub.
Eximagrokom's
management has appealed to the prosecutor's office demanding to press criminal
charges against the bank's management and the fake co-signor –Modern Business
LLC – for fraudulent conspiracy with the purpose of taking possession of
property.
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