“On Wednesday morning, detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) searched the new security director of Naftogaz Group, Vitaly Brovka. This is reported by EP sources in state-owned companies. According to the interlocutors, the investigative actions took place in the center of Kyiv. “Investigative actions may be connected with Mindich’s tapes and Brovka’s activities in his previous position in the Prosecutor General’s Office”, –”, — write on: ua.news
On Wednesday morning, detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) searched the new security director of Naftogaz Group, Vitaly Brovka.
This is reported by EP sources in state-owned companies.
According to the interlocutors, the investigative actions took place in the center of Kyiv.
“Investigative actions may be related to Mindich’s tapes and Brovka’s activities in his previous position at the Prosecutor General’s Office,” one of the interlocutors noted. There are currently no other details.
The EP turned to the press service of Naftogaz and NABU for a comment.
Vitaly Brovko has been the director of security at Naftogaz since the end of August. Prior to that, he headed the Department of Oversight of Law Enforcement by SBI Bodies in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Brovka’s declaration lists significant cryptocurrency assets. The publication Forbes.Ukraine called him “the record holder for the volume of crypto-dollars” (we are talking about the stablecoin USDT, the rate of 1 USDT = 1 USD – EP).
In particular, the new director holds more than UAH 35 million worth of USDT on the Binance platform. In addition, his and his family’s portfolio includes Ripple (XRP), Toncoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Ethereum Classic, Monero, Dash, Lunc and other crypto assets. The total declared value of cryptocurrency at the end of April exceeded UAH 44 million.
The Brovka family lives in a rented apartment in Kyiv with an area of 183.2 m², owned by Nina Piskunova.
They use three cars: Toyota RAV4 (2022, UAH 2.3 million), Lexus RX450 (2020, UAH 2.6 million) and Ford Expedition (2018, UAH 1.64 million). Only the last car belongs to Brovko, the rest belong to his wife or her mother.
Among his incomes, Brovko declared a salary of UAH 1.56 million in the Prosecutor General’s Office. His wife, Tetyana Brovko, received UAH 8.22 million from entrepreneurial activities and UAH 2.46 million from the sale of cryptocurrency.
The family’s bank accounts contain 2.68 million UAH, 40.52 thousand US dollars and 73.75 thousand euros. The largest amount – 65.3 thousand euros – is in the Slovak Tatra Bank.
Updated at 12:53 p.m. Later, the press service of Naftogaz reported that the offices of the Group were not searched. The EP clarified that it was about investigative actions in the center of Kyiv, and not in the company’s offices.
Naftogaz Group supports the work of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies as much as possible. This applies to all employees of the company without exception. If violations are found, immediate measures will be taken against the relevant employees,” the company said.
Earlier, the head of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Oleksandr Klymenko, noted that the leadership of the NABU and SAP had foreseen searches and detentions even before the completion of the “Midas” operation.
