Midas case: former Energoatom owner suspected of laundering over 30 million hryvnias
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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reported a new suspicion within the framework of Operation Midas. The former executive director for physical protection and security of JSC NNEGC Energoatom is suspected of money laundering.
This was reported by the NABU press service .
According to the investigation, the new facts concern the activities of individual members of a criminal organization involved in large-scale corruption at NNEGC Energoatom. The former executive director of the company’s physical protection and security, referred to in the investigation materials as “Tenor”, was informed of suspicion of money laundering received within the framework of a criminal scheme known as “shlagbaum”.
According to information from NABU and SAPO, during 2023-2025, the suspect legalized over 30 million hryvnias. With this money, according to the investigation, he purchased:
- 2 Mercedes-Benz cars with a total value of over 8 million hryvnias;
- real estate in Ukraine;
- real estate on the Indonesian island of Bali for the equivalent of over 19 million hryvnias;
- expensive luxury items.
The NABU noted that the suspect used cryptocurrency to conceal financial transactions and registered the property in the name of a close person. The actions of the former owner were qualified under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The NABU recalled that the “Midas” operation was carried out in November 2025. Then, the first suspicions were raised against “Tenor”, “Rocket” and 5 other people. Later, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Ukraine were also included in the circle of suspects. Currently, the pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced suspicions against six more participants in the criminal proceedings in the “Midas” case regarding the legalization of property obtained through criminal means in particularly large amounts.
The day before, “Pryamiy” reported that on May 11, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office conducted investigative actions against the former head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.
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