Serhiy Kurchenko
Serhiy Kurchenko is a Ukrainian businessman known for heading the board of the Gaz Ukraine-2020 group and for owning FC Metalist Kharkiv until 2014. During Viktor Yanukovych's presidency he became part of the president's inner circle and gained control over a large share of Ukraine's liquefied petroleum gas market, earning the nickname the "sulfur king." He left Ukraine after the 2014 Euromaidan revolution and has been the subject of multiple Ukrainian criminal investigations.
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Ukraine's anti-corruption court approves plea deal with former acting head of Presidential Administration Pashynsky over seized oil products
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (ВАКС) approved a plea agreement with former acting head of the Presidential Administration Serhiy Pashynsky, who admitted guilt in a 2014 scheme to appropriate seized oil products linked to fugitive oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko. Under the deal Pashynsky will pay about 1.1 billion hryvnia to the state budget and to charitable funds supplying the Defense Forces, plus fines and a one-year ban on holding office.