KYIV, Nov 12 – The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) plan to serve a notice of suspicion to former owner of VAB Bank (Kyiv) Oleh Bakhmatiuk and think that other members of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) could be involved in abuse of power during the provision of a stabilization loan to the bank in 2014, the NABU said on its website.

"Investigators have established that more than 15 people may be involved in the implementation of schemes for taking a UAH 1.2 billion stabilization loan from the NBU. Notices of suspicion have already been served to eight of them. The issue of sending notices of suspicion to a number of people, including the beneficial owner of VAB Bank, who are currently time are outside the country, is being decided in a way outlined in the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine for such cases," the NABU said.