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NCANational Crime Agency

Enqulries carried out by the National C

Agency in respeet of ltlternational LetteRequest frorsq U knairae

Subject: Oleksandr KORNIIETS and othe

Ukrainian criminal proceedings Ro'42A1 500000000 1 288

Ref: L4 /3-3 L264-15

UKqA !'ef: 'I7639OtUA

13/0r/20L5

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A, Background

An International Letter of Request (ILOR) dated August 31't 2015 was recelved fromUkraine by tlre United Kirrgdom Central Authority and subsequently referred to the NationalCrime Agency for appropriate action under r:eference I763901UA - Ukrainian criminalproceedings no. 42015000000001288,

This request Was for various enquiries to be conducted in respect of an OleksandrKORNIIETS and other mernbers of his family and other persons in Ukraine. OleksandrKORNIIETS;is srlSject, along with others, to pre-trial investigation in Ukraine in regard tooffences connected to corruption linked to his role as Deputy Prosecutor for the Kyivregion. A copy of the Letter of Request in English is found at Appendix I

B. Assistance requested

Under Section III page 5 of the letter this requested that enquiries be conducted In respeclof the following:

' 7. Prov,ide details of travel by KORNIIETS and fanrily members (including his sisler LarysaPROKOPENKO) to and from the UK in the period between 2010 and 2015 including toprovide details of any hotel accommodatlon (with details provide elsewhere in the ILOR of5 hotels they were believed to have stayed at)

2. Provide details of various stays at a Aumber of hotels identified by the Ukrainianauthorities

3. Provide details in connection with the attendance of Anastasiia KORNIIETS, a daughterol Oleksandr KORNIIETS, at a private school in the UK and at a British university includingproviding details of accommodation during the period of her studies

4, Provide details of all applications made by Oleksandr KORNIIETS, Svitlana KORNIIETSand Anastasia KORNIIETS to obtain a UK visa

5, To identify any assets held in the UK by persons named in the ILOR

C. Enquiries carried out

l.Travel by KORNIIETS and family membersi) The UK is not able to provide details of entries and exits to the UK In an evidential formatand the Ukrainian authorities have been advised of thls.

ii) The various hotels mentioned in the request have been contacted w.ith the followingr [eSUltS

a) tiOLIDAY INN, KINGS CROSS, LondonThe hotel has confirmed that a booking was made for a stay of 4 days between September6th and September loth 2009 for various members of the KORNIIETS family. However thebooking was subsequently cancelled and they never stayed at the hotel,A witness statement in the name of Mark Bennett, the general manager of the hotel has

I been requested and is to follow.

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b) TI-IISTLE MAR.BLE ARCH? LondonThis hotel has been unable to locate any booking in the name of KORNIIETS or any of thevariant spellings.

c) PARK PLAZA COUNTY HALL, LondonThe hotel has cdnflrmed that Mr Oleksandr KORNIIETS stayed at the hotel from Thursday-lune 3gth 2011to Tuesday July Sth 2011for 5 nights at a total accommodation cost off 1,009,32. The cdst was invoiced to a company called BUSINESS SERVICESINTERNATIONAL UK of 1st Floor,202 Kenslngton Church StreetT London WB 4Dp.

A room was also booked for a Myktya KORNIIETS for the same perlod linked to the bookingfor Oleksanbr KOR,NIlETS. The accornmodation char,ges totalled €985.20 and were also

billed to BUSINESS SERVICES INTERNATIONAL UK,

A further invoice was also raised for room service and other charges totalling 8527.69 andwere billed to Oleksandr KORNIIETS €300 was paid by credit card and 8227.69 was paid incasn.

A dra1t statement has been taken from the Park Plaza but all attempts to obtain a signedversion to date have been unsuccessful,

The NCA is seeking to obtain a witness statement froni BUSINESS SERVICESINTERNATIONAL UK in regard to the charge billed to it.

d) Tl-lE LANGHAM, LondonThe hotel has conflrmed that a reservation was made in the name of Oleksandr and

Svitlawa (sic) KORNNIIETS for 2 nights arriving on August 12th 2011 until August 14thZOIL The total amount olthe bill was fL,L64,66, This was paid for by the use of a Visa

card number 44oz 7r39 97Bs 5501 and cash,

There was also a further reservation in the name of Mr Oleksandr KORNIIETS for 4 nightsarriving on January 3rd 2012 until January 7th 2012. The total cost of thls bool<ing was

f-2,533.96 paid for by 2 Visa cards, numbers 44027L14 1727 8557 and 4921 B1B9 0281s425.

A witness statement in the name of Reino de Villiers of the hotel can be found at Appendix2 along with copies of the relevant documents'

e) MELIA WHITE l"iOUSE i{OTEL, LondonThe hotel has conflrmed that a reservation was ntade in the name of Anastasia KORNIIETS

for 4 nights from June 4th 2012 to June Bth 2072. The booking was cancelled on June 2nd

2012

Further reservations were made in the name of Svitlana KORNIIETS for 4 nights from June

25th 2012 to June 29th 2012 and in the name of Olexandr KORNIIETS for 2 nights fromJune 27th 2OI2 to June 29th 2Ot2. The hotel has not retained details of how the payments

were made

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A I'urther reservationFebruary 9th 2013 to?_013,

The hotel declined to

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was made in the name of Olecksandr KORNIIETS for 7 nights fromFebruary ITth }OL3.The booking was cancelled on February lst

provide a witness statement in regard to the above.

2. Studies at UK educational establishrilents by Anastasiia XOnfllilffSi) HEATHFIELD SCHOOL, WindsorThe school has conflrmed that Anastasiia KORNIIETS was a pupil there from September lst200g until July 2nd 2011 - she was provide vvith accommodation at the school during her

time thereThe total amount paid to the school in fees was [75,161.91. Of this total €14,.700_was paid

on May 7th 2OO9 by DocKTowN MERCHANTS LLP of t24Corporate House, 1100 Parkway,

Whiteley, Hampshire from REGIONAL INVESTICIJU BANKA RIGA, J Alunana 2, 1010 Riga,

Latvia via Deutsche Bank AG, All other payments were made via HSBC Bank Plc London in

tlre name of, Oleksandr KORNIIETS'

A witness statement in the name of Joanne Heywood, the Headmistress of the school can

be found at Appendix 3 along with copies of the relevant documents'

tr witness starement in the name of Stuart Griffiths of the NCA can be found at Appendix 4

in whic[r he produces documentation held on tlre UK Companies House Register in respect

of DocKTOwN INVESTMENTS LLp. To date it has not been possible to locate any other

documents in regard to this compan.y or estarlish details of the nature of any alleged

economic activity in the UK or elsewhere,

ii) QtrEEl\ MAR,Y UNIVERSTTY OF LONDONthe-university has confirmed that Anastasiia KORNIIETS was a student at the unlversity for

academic years 2OLLlL2,2QL2/L3 and 2073t14 enrolled on a Bsc course in Mathematics,

Business Management and Finance

The total amount paid to the university in fees was 838,731.50, Due to a change in IT

prouid",. the university is unable to provide details of where payments came from, except

in regard to an amount of €5,910.00, This payment was shown as being by a Barclaycard

credii card number 4402 71t*( #*x* 0377 issued by The State Import Export Bank of

Ukraine (uKREXIMBANK) in the name of Anastasiia KoRNIIETS.

A witness statement in t'he name of Tess Cornell, Assistant Academic Registrar (Student

Records) can be found at Appendix 5 along with copies of the relevant documents.

s spent by Anastasia KORNIIETS in universitying included in theramount paid to theears she stayed in privately owned student

commodation has conflrmed that she was

resident at scape East, w30g,450 Mile Errd Road, London E1 4GG fortwo academic years

between the dates of deptember 15th 2012 to September 7th 2013 and September 15th

2013 to September 7th 2014 respectively'The total amount paid was thus iz7,s77,5o, Due to a change in IT provider, they do not

hold details of how the money was paid

A witness statement in the name of Andrew Jackson, Finance Director of Scape Student

Livinq Ltd can oe found at Appendix 6 along with copies of the relevant documents,

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4. Applications for UK visasi) Details of visa applications have been providedstatement of Stuart Griffiths of the NCA found atapplications submitted to the relevant UK body.

and are detailed in anAppendix 7, along with

attached witnessthe various visa

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5, Assets held in the UKi) To date enquiries have noI established any assets, either moveable or fixed, currentlyheld in the UK byany of the persons named, Anastasia KORNIIETS did hold a bank accountin the UK but Lhis has been closed.

D Ongoing enquiriesAs above efforts to obtain a wi[ness statement from the Holiday Inn, Kings Cross and ParkPlaza hotels and also from BUSINESS SERVICES INTERNATIONAL UK are still ongoing, Asand when these documents are obtained, they will be promptly forwarded via theapproprlate channels to the Ukralnian authorities

Stuart GriffithsSenior" Officer (Financial Investigator)International Corruption UnitEconors'!ic Crime Corn mandNatipnal Crirne AgencyOlympic House, Olyrnpic Park, Longbarn Boulevard, Woolston Grange,Warrington, Cheshire WA2 OXATz *44 (0)192s 896437F: +44 (0)1s2s 810473Mt +44 (0)7469 42494s

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