Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have revealed a group of persons acting under the shelter of people with attorney certificates during the pretrial investigation into operations of a criminal group created by MP Oleksandr Onyschenko implicated in the embezzlement of funds of public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia, the press service of NABU has reported.

"These persons using guarantees provided to them in the law on defense attorneys and attorney operations registered fake businessmen and accompanied their unlawful operations aimed at converting cash received from the sale of natural gas extracted as part of joint ventures with Ukrgazvydobuvannia," the press service of NABU wrote on its Facebook page.

According to the report, attorneys A.Tsyhankov, O.Kopus and V.Makovsky were involved in this. NABU is examining other persons, including attorneys, if they are implicated in the crime, the press service said.