The widow of Kuzma “Skryabin” was defrauded of 1.5 million: the director of the music label was suspected

The label was supposed to transfer 70% of the income from the use of the musician's intellectual property to his wife, but underestimated the number of listening sessions and the amount of payments.

The investigators of the National Police announced the suspicion of the director of a well-known music label, who defrauded the heirs of the deceased leader of the band “Skryabin” Andrii Kuzmenko for almost UAH 1.5 million.

This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine.

As the law enforcement officers explained, after Kuzmenko's death, his wife inherited the copyright for all of his work. She founded a company for the management of acquired intellectual property. This company has granted a license for any reproduction of all the songs of the musician of the record label, which produces famous Ukrainian artists.

The concluded agreement stipulated that 70% of the income from the use of Kuzmenko's intellectual property would be received by him…