The State Enforcement Service has arrested over 600 accounts of public joint-stock company Ukrnafta in PrivatBank (Dnipropetrovsk) to collect a debt of over UAH 4 million in favor of Interbusinessconsult LLC (Kyiv), according to the materials of the service dated November 18 and November 24, 2015, a copy of which has been sent to Interfax-Ukraine.

The State Enforcement Service acted under a ruling of the business court of Kyiv that ordered to collect the debt in favor of Interbusinessconsult.

According to a letter of the International Human Rights Defense Committee to the Ukrainian president and prime minister also forwarded to Interfax-Ukraine PrivatBank did not write off the funds from the arrested accounts under transfer orders of the State Enforcement Service. Instead, Ukrnafta opened new accounts in the bank and the company is carrying out its operations using them.

The International Human Rights Defense Committee said that officials of Ukrnafta are trying to press on employees of the State Enforcement Service.

"The claimant [Interbusinessconsult] said that representatives of Ukrnafta are pressing on the employees of the State Enforcement Service. On December 11, 2015, a group of persons headed by the director of the law department of Ukrnafta Viachelsav Kartashov and a representative of Ukrnafta Yehor Serov (the interpreter of company head Mark Rollins] rushed into the premises of the State Enforcement Service department at 32, Vyborhska Street, and with threats to the top managers of the service demanded that the latter make unlawful decisions. All the circumstances were recorded by video surveillance cameras," the letters says.

At present, one more dispute over UAH 21.008 million worth of debt between Ukrnafta and Interbusinessconsult is going on. The higher business court of Ukraine is hearing the case.

Interbusinessconsult carries out operations in the law area. Ihor Nikon controls the company.