“NABU has released records that reveal the details of a corruption scheme in the energy sector, where, according to law enforcement officers, about 100 million dollars passed through the so-called “laundry”. One of the participants in the scheme complained about the difficulty of transferring cash, saying: “I took a lemon and gave it back in the same box. But carrying 1.6 million dollars is such a pleasure.” This is evidenced by the records which”, — write on: ua.news
NABU has released records that reveal the details of a corruption scheme in the energy sector, where, according to law enforcement officers, about 100 million dollars passed through the so-called “laundry”. One of the participants in the scheme complained about the difficulty of transferring cash, saying: “I took a lemon and gave it back in the same box. But carrying 1.6 million dollars is such a pleasure.”
This is evidenced by the records made public by NABU.
Legalization of illegally obtained funds took place in a separate office located in the center of Kyiv, which belonged to the family ex-deputy traitor Andriy Derkach.
- The businessman, whom the participants of the scheme called, was responsible for the legalization Sugarman.
- A key role in the performance of tasks was played by an office employee with a nickname Ryoshykwhich can actually be considered “the main bugalette of a criminal organization.”
- In general, all the activities of the office were controlled by an “influential Ukrainian businessman”, as the participants of the scheme called him Carlson (businessman Timur Mindich, – ed.).
The scale of the criminal organization was impressive; sometimes money was collected “even in balls”. The law enforcement officers also found out that the criminal organization had connections in Russia, and money was laundered in Austria, North America and Africa.
Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced a major operation to expose corruption in the energy sector. NABU released the first fragments of audio recordings in the case of energy corruption. Operation under a code name “Midas” lasted for 15 months, during which a thousand hours of listening to those involved in the investigation were conducted.
On November 10, NABU detectives searched the Minister of Justice Herman Galushchenko, who previously headed the Ministry of Energy.
NABU also searched the associate of Zelenskyi, co-owner of Kvartal 95, Mindich. According to the media with reference to law enforcement agencies, Mindich left the territory of Ukraine a few hours before the search conducted by NABU. Searches of Timur Mindich and Herman Galushchenko are being conducted within the framework of one case related to corruption in the energy sector.
