Umerov testifies to NABU in Mindich case

The NSDC press service confirmed this to Ukrinform.

They clarified that the NSDC Secretary appeared as a witness and answered questions related to the criminal proceedings concerning interference in the activities of a state official.

No further details about Umerov's visit to the NABU were provided by the press service.

As Ukrinform reported, on November 10 the NABU announced Operation Midas aimed at uncovering corruption in the energy sector.

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

Among those involved are a businessman considered by the investigation to be the head of the criminal organization, a former adviser to the Minister of Energy, and the Executive Director for Physical Protection and Security of Energoatom.

According to the Schemes investigative project, those who received notices of suspicion in this case are: Tymur Mindich (Karlson), former adviser to the Minister of Energy Ihor Myroniuk (Rocket), Energoatom's Executive Director for Security Dmytro Basov (Tenor), Oleksandr Tsukerman (Sugar Man), Ihor Fursenko (Roschyk), Lesia Ustymenko, and Liudmyla Zorina.

Five individuals from the list of suspects have been detained. Two of them, Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman, have left Ukraine.

According to the NABU, the office used for the operations was located in central Kyiv in a building belonging to the family of traitor Andriy Derkach — a former Member of Parliament and now a Russian Federation senator.

In this office, according to the investigation, "black accounting" was conducted, cash was stored, and all payments were recorded.

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