Investigation uncovers kickback scheme via financial monitoring at Oksi Bank involving former head

In December 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine imposed a fine of UAH 20.05 million on Oksi Bank for violations of financial monitoring legislation requirements. Meanwhile, according to investigation data, as early as 2024, then-head of the board Vyacheslav Parasych was receiving 0.15% of clients' turnover from them.

Fees for silence

This "payment" was charged for opening accounts, processing risky payments, and the absence of unnecessary questions from internal financial monitoring. A wholesale discount applied to large volumes: for turnover of UAH 250 million or more, the rate was 0.13%, and for UAH 500 million or more — 0.11%.

The investigation identifies Oleksandr Bloshchitsky as the intermediary. From July 2024 to February 2025, over UAH 210 million passed through the accounts of at least five companies under his control. In January last year, the volume of operations reached UAH 77 million, and in February — UAH 94 million.

Bloshchitsky pleaded guilty. The court imposed a fine of UAH 51,000 on him and also obliged him to transfer UAH 300,000 for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to testify against another participant in the scheme. As for Parasych himself, he has been notified of suspicion of receiving undue benefit. His guilt has not yet been established by the court.

Ownership structure and management changes

Control over the bank belongs to the family of Lviv businessman Oleg Balyash. He directly owns 50.45% of the shares, and his wife Oksana owns 25%. Balyash also manages NPP "Hetman", which previously featured in a 2020 case regarding forged excise stamps aimed at UAH 50 million. There was no verdict in this episode.

In spring 2025, Vyacheslav Parasych left his position. In July of the same year, Oksana Trokhanenko was appointed deputy head of the board, who previously headed the corporate direction at Komombank. It was Komombank that received a fine of UAH 135.15 million from the NBU in 2023 for violations of financial monitoring and currency operations legislation.

Since 10 November 2025, Oksi Bank has been headed by Denys Harasyuta. His biography includes work experience at PrivatBank, Russian Sberbank, and Oschadbank.

Sources and searches

Representatives of the banking market claim that after Parasych's departure, the practice of collecting a percentage from certain clients may have continued, and responsibility for this direction is associated with Oksana Trokhanenko. Sources call Harasyuta a compromise figure for management and owner Balyash. However, these statements have not yet been documented.

Another part of the case has documentary confirmation: on 22 January 2026, a search was conducted at Oksi Bank's premises in Kyiv. Court materials mention the servicing of companies "with signs of fictitiousness" there within the framework of investigating the activities of conversion centres. During the search, phones, laptops, and electronic media were seized.

Client with bail for a deputy

Another client of the bank is Rodeo Capital LLC (EDRPOU 37769432). The company's account was opened during Parasych's leadership. The charter capital is UAH 10 million, the director and beneficiary is Maksym Lysenko, and the staff consists of about seven people. The NBU has repeatedly applied measures of influence to the company, and in August 2025 revoked its licence after inspectors were not allowed to conduct an audit.

It was "Rodeo Capital" that transferred UAH 26 million in bail for Kyiv City Council deputy Olena Marchenko from its account at Oksi Bank. This was four payments that made up more than half of the amount set by the High Anti-Corruption Court.

Marchenko is involved in the case of Denys Komarnytskyi, "Clean City", regarding land manipulations in Kyiv, together with Petro Olenych and Mykhailo Terentyev. The High Anti-Corruption Court set her bail at UAH 50 million. After the funds were deposited, she was released from pre-trial detention. Later, the bail amount was reduced to UAH 45 million, of which UAH 4 million was returned to "Rodeo Capital".

Before being elected to the Kyiv City Council, Marchenko worked at the Kyiv City State Administration, where she headed the department of state architectural and construction control. In recordings published by Bihus.Info, Komarnytskyi's manager Olena Bohoslavska informed Marchenko about a bonus for the "successful closure" of one of the projects.

Thus, the key figures of the case are: a fine of UAH 20.05 million, a probable rate of 0.15%, over UAH 210 million through five companies, Bloshchitsky's guilty plea, suspicion against Parasych, a search at the bank, and UAH 26 million in bail from "Rodeo Capital".

Management has changed: Parasych was replaced by Trokhanenko and Harasyuta. However, the infrastructure, accounts, and client base of Oksi Bank remained in place.