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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Oct. 21 searched the premises of Andriy Pyshnyi, head of the National Bank of Ukraine, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent.
It is not clear in what case Pyshnyi is being investigated.
The National Bank of Ukraine has faced criticism for failing to prevent a payment through state-owned Sense Bank allegedly funded with laundered money in June and posted as bail for ex-Energy and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko.
President Volodymyr Zelensky's ex-Deputy Chief of Staff Iryna Mudra, Sense Bank CEO Oleksiy Stupak, the bank's former supervisory board head Mykola Hladyshchenko, and other suspects were charged in August with laundering money to post bail for Halushchenko.
In leaked transcripts of NABU tapes published in April and May, Vasyl Veselyi, a former aide to Sense Bank's supervisory board, and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman mentioned influencing board appointments at the bank and talking to Zelensky's ex-Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak about the bank.
Sevki Acuner, former head of Sense Bank's supervisory board, said in September that Pyshnyi, head of the National Bank of Ukraine, had allegedly recommended Veselyi for a position at the bank. Pyshnyi denied the allegation.