NABU names Yermak suspect in UAH 460M money laundering case

Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have served former Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak with a suspicion notice in a case concerning the legalization of UAH 460 million in funds related to luxury construction near Kyiv.

That is according to the bureau's press service, Ukrinform reports.

"NABU and SAPO [Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office] uncovered an organized group involved in the legalization of UAH 460 million related to luxury construction near Kyiv," the statement said.

One of its participants – President Volodymyr Zelensky's former chief of staff – has been formally notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

"Urgent investigative actions are ongoing," the statement added.

On November 10, 2025, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a special operation codenamed "Midas" aimed at exposing corruption in the energy sector.

Investigators established that members of the criminal organization had built a large-scale scheme of influence over strategic state-owned enterprises, including Energoatom. NABU stated that as part of the investigation, five out of seven suspects had been detained.

Charges were brought against businessman and co-founder of the Kvartal 95 studio Tymur Mindich (code name "Carlson" in NABU recordings), former adviser to the minister of energy Ihor Myroniuk ("Rocket"), Energoatom's Executive Director for Security Dmytro Basov ("Tenor"), and four "employees" of the so-called back office involved in money laundering, including Oleksandr Tsukerman ("Sugarman"), Ihor Fursenko ("Rioshyk"), Lesia Ustymenko, and Liudmyla Zorina.

Five individuals on the list of suspects were detained. Mindich and Tsukerman left Ukraine.

On November 13, President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted a National Security and Defense Council decision imposing personal sanctions on Mindich and Tsukerman.

In January 2026, NABU and SAPO submitted documents to Interpol to put Mindich and Tsukerman, suspects in the "Midas" energy corruption case, on the wanted list.

In March, the Prosecutor General's Office sent a request to Israel seeking the extradition of Mindich.

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