Lviv regional court of appeal cancelled detention of a co-organizer of ‘Onyshchenko’s gas fraud scheme’

On July 19 the Court of Appeal of the Lviv region ruled to cancel a preventive measure in the form of detention for Valeriy Postnyi. He is one of the co-organizers of Onyshchenko’s gas fraud scheme. 

According to investigation, between January 2013 and January 2016, the companies controlled by the MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko, together with state company “Ukrgazvydobuvannya” extracted gas without paying a rent to the state. Then, at fake auctions underpriced gas was resold to other Onyshchenko’s enterprises, which, in their turn, sold the gas to ultimate customers at market prices. Total loss for the state budget caused by this scheme equals to 3 billion UAH.

In the course of investigation Postnyi was served a notice of suspicion for stealing gas condensate.