Head of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine Tymur Khromaev has reminded about the important role of stock exchange in the infrastructure of the financial system of the country. He said that raids of stock exchanges requires substantial grounds.

"I am very surprised with the raids of stock exchanges by law enforcement agencies! The exchanges are defined as facilities of the critical infrastructure of the state that have an impact on the financial stability of the country, their activities are regulated by financial legislation. The use of such means of investigation should have a very strong justification!" he wrote on Facebook.

As reported, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) documented the facts of money laundering, the money were obtained illegally through the use of a number of Ukrainian stock exchanges. The SBU conducted investigative actions in the offices of stock exchanges and the places of residence of their officials on October 11.

SBU officers discovered that during 2017-2018, officials of the stock exchanges, through a number of affiliated securities dealers, representatives of banking institutions, organized a mechanism to legalize illegal income and withdraw funds abroad.

According to the SBU, the total amount of money involved in money laundering by the plotters is more than UAH 100 million.