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Lesya Ustymenko, a back-office employee, was arrested with 25 million hryvnias bail. She allegedly laundered over 145 million through cryptocurrency and cash schemes.
The Ukrainian government moved against corruption in Energoatom: Mindich and associates face sanctions, Basov jailed, Halushchenko suspended, and supervisory board members resigned or were dismissed.
Wiretaps from NABU and SAPO reveal Timur Mindich, aka “Carlson,” discussing the freezing of a massive Kozyn construction project funded with hundreds of thousands from an Energoatom kickback scheme. The recordings link former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, nicknamed “Che Guevara,” to the luxury mansions, showing close ties between Mindich, Chernyshov, and the President’s Office.
The Verkhovna Rada is set to vote on the dismissal of Justice Minister Herman Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk at its next session next week on Tuesday, November 18.
On November 10, NABU searched the home of businessman and presidential ally Tymur Mindich, who had already left Ukraine. Ukrainska Pravda’s reporters documented secret meetings between SAPO’s first deputy, Andriy Synyuk, and a lawyer connected to Mindich, raising questions about possible leaks of sensitive criminal cases.
Investigative Judge Viktor Nohachevskyi of the High Anti-Corruption Court partially granted the motion of the detective and ordered pre-trial detention for Ihor “Roket” Myronyuk, former advisor to Energy Minister Halushchenko, in connection with the Mindich case.
The High Anti-Corruption Court continues to consider the motion to determine the preventive measure for former Energy Ministry adviser Halushchenko’s associate, Ihor “Rocket” Myroniuk.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has officially confirmed that Ruslan Magamedrasulov was directly involved in documenting Timur Mindich and other key suspects in the high-profile Operation “Midas.”
During a special operation codenamed “Midas,” detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have identified the leader of a large-scale criminal organization – Timur Mindich – a figure known as “Karlson”.
Ruslan Magamedrasulov, a NABU investigator detained by the SBU in July, gathered evidence in a high-profile corruption case in Ukraine’s energy sector, sources at the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
NABU and SAP after 15 months of investigation and over 1,000 hours of audio recordings, anti-corruption detectives have uncovered the operations of a high-level criminal organization.
Growing public concern surrounds the close circle of President Zelenskyy’s top aides – including figures such as Andriy Yermak, Oleh Tatarov, Rostyslav Shurma, and others – amid ongoing debates about transparency, influence, and national security.