“One of the participants in the “Midas” case, Ihor Fursenko, nicknamed “Ryoshik”, returned from a two-week vacation in the Maldives 5 days before the High Anti-Corruption Court sent him under arrest in the case of corruption in Energoatom contracts.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Executive Director of Security of “Energoatom” Ihor Fursenko in court on November 12. Photo by Suspilny Source: article “Ukrainian Pravda” “Svynarchuka” Zelenskyi. How the president’s friends robbed the country during the war
Details: According to UP sources, those involved in the case, who were searched on November 11, knew as early as Friday, November 7, that “some measures were being prepared” for them.
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In particular, one of the participants of the scheme wrote that “it is necessary to clean up by Monday.”
Also, on November 7, the judicial register began to upload decisions on the investigative actions of the “Midas” operation, so theoretically, those involved could also gain access to these data using controlled law enforcement officers.
Literally from the article: “According to the sources of the UP among law enforcement officers, one of the persons involved in the case returned the next day, on Saturday (November 8 – ed.), from a two-week vacation in the Maldives… This is the same hero who complained: “Carrying $1.6 million is such a pleasure.” The interlocutors emphasize that this is the chief accountant of a criminal organization with the call sign “Ryoshik” Ihor Fursenko.”
Details: According to the UP journalist, “either they didn’t have time to warn him, or they didn’t consider him worth saving.”
What was before: On November 12, the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Ihora Fursenko, who is suspected in the case of corruption in Energoatom contracts, to be remanded in in the form of detention until January 8, 2026, with the possibility of bail in the amount of 95 million hryvnias.
Prosecutors of the SAP requested bail in the amount of 254 million hryvnias – this is the largest amount that has been requested so far for those involved in this case.
Read also: From the minister to the “watchers”: how the Energoatom embezzlement scheme worked and who is behind it
Prehistory:
- On the morning of November 10, it became known that NABU is conducting searches of businessman Timur Mindich and Minister of Justice Herman Galushchenko (as of November 12, it is known that the minister submitted a resignation letter). At the same time, UP sources reported that Mindich had fled abroad a few hours before the searches.
- On the same day, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reported that it had uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme for the embezzlement of funds in the energy sector, as well as made public audio recordings of the negotiations of the participants in this case.