{"id":1319212,"date":"2025-11-11T22:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/whom-did-nabu-inform-about-suspicion-within-the-framework-of-a-corruption-case-names-given\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T05:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:44:34","slug":"whom-did-nabu-inform-about-suspicion-within-the-framework-of-a-corruption-case-names-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/whom-did-nabu-inform-about-suspicion-within-the-framework-of-a-corruption-case-names-given\/","title":{"rendered":"NABU Drops Bombshell: Top Officials Named in $100 Million Energy Corruption Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Journalists from Schemes<\/em> have revealed the identities of those whom NABU suspects of involvement in a massive corruption scheme in Ukraine\u2019s energy sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

This<\/span> is stated<\/span><\/a> in the material of “Radio Liberty”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven individuals have been charged in connection with a large-scale corruption case in Ukraine\u2019s energy sector, Schemes<\/em> reports, citing law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n

Among the suspects are Timur Mindich<\/strong>, co-founder of Studio Kvartal 95<\/em> and known as \u201cCarlson\u201d in NABU recordings; Ihor Myronyuk<\/strong>, former advisor to the Minister of Energy (\u201cRocket\u201d); and Dmytro Basov<\/strong>, head of security at Energoatom<\/em> (\u201cTenor\u201d).<\/p>\n

In addition, detectives uncovered four members of the so-called \u201cback office\u201d<\/em> or \u201claundry\u201d<\/em> \u2014 the center where illicit funds were laundered: Oleksandr Tsukerman<\/strong> (\u201cSugar man\u201d), Ihor Fursenko<\/strong> (\u201cRyoshik\u201d), Lesya Ustymenko<\/strong>, and Liudmyla Zorina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to NABU materials, Fursenko served as the \u201cback office\u201d accountant. Registered as a private entrepreneur specializing in IT consulting, he was overheard on NABU tapes joking that carrying boxes of cash was \u201ca kind of pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ustymenko, also a private entrepreneur, lists her main business as \u201cmarket research and public opinion analysis.\u201d Two years ago, she acquired a parking space in the building where the \u201claundry\u201d operated. Journalists note that her husband is believed to be Russian and obtained Ukrainian citizenship in 2015.<\/p>\n

Zorina, another suspect, owns a consulting business specializing in commerce and management.<\/p>\n

According to Schemes<\/em>, five of the seven suspects have been detained<\/strong>, while Mindich and Tsukerman remain abroad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO are conducting a large-scale operation “Midas” to expose corruption in the energy sector<\/a>. According to the investigation, the activities of a high-level criminal organization were established, which controlled financial flows and personnel decisions in state energy structures.<\/p>\n

It is known that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau exposed an office in downtown Kyiv<\/a> through which those involved in a corruption scheme in the energy sector legalized illegally obtained funds.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reported suspicions against 7 individuals<\/a> involved in a large-scale corruption scheme at JSC NNEGC Energoatom.<\/p>\n

Previously, NABU and SAPO documented how participants in a corruption scheme in the energy sector transferred money to the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, follow \u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Telegram<\/a>, and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalists from Schemes have revealed the identities of those whom NABU suspects of involvement in a massive corruption scheme in Ukraine\u2019s energy sector. This is stated in the material of “Radio Liberty”. Seven individuals have been charged in connection with a large-scale corruption case in Ukraine\u2019s energy sector, Schemes reports, citing law enforcement sources. Among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1294678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76873,76875,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1319212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-other-news","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319225,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319212\/revisions\/1319225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}