An advisory from the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) stated that the U.S. banks should watch out for any suspicious transaction on the bank accounts somehow related with former Ukrainian president Yanukovych and his relation.
Thus, the financial organizations should monitor any "misappropriated or diverted state assets, the proceeds of bribery or other illegal payments, or other public corruption proceeds."
The U.S. Treasury thinks should take into account public information about high level of corruption among Yanukovych senior former officials when assessing risks of operations with individual clients.
The FinCEN representative explained that senior officials may try to move stolen state assets. The banks should report about all suspicious transactions to Washington. Ukraine parliament voted to oust Viktor Yanukovych and Oleksander Turchinov took over as acting president. Meanwhile, the presidential elections are scheduled for May 25. Other key positions are also taken by opponents of Yanukovych.
On February 27, Viktor Yanukovych said he still considered himself to be a legitimate president and asked Russia for personal security to protect him from extremist actions. Yanukovych added that decisions taken by the Ukrainian parliament were illegitimate.
