“Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine suspect the businessman and co-founder of the studio “Kvartal 95” Timur Mindich of creating a criminal organization, “laundering” funds obtained through crime, as well as of illegally influencing the former Minister of Defense Rustem Umyerov.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the text of the suspicion, which “Ukrainian Pravda” has at its disposal
Details: The case, in which Mindich was informed of the suspicion, was opened on August 21, 2025. He committed crimes under the following articles:
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- creation of a criminal organization and its management (Part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- “laundering” of funds obtained illegally, committed by a criminal organization in particularly large amounts (Part 3 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code);
- influencing the members of the Cabinet of Ministers in order to achieve the adoption of illegal decisions (Part 1 of Article 344 of the CCU).
Details of the offense under Part 1 of Art. 255 KKU: According to the investigation, during 2025 the facts of Mindich’s criminal activities in the field of energy were established by influencing the then Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko, as well as in “defense” by influencing Umyerov.
According to the investigation, the successful implementation of criminal activities depended on the fact that Mindich maintained personal ties with ministers and other influential officials, systematically meeting with them at his home.
Verbatim from the report of suspicion: “This communication provided T. M. Mindich with the opportunity to obtain unhindered both personally and by enterprises controlled by him significant sums of money with the assistance of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine R. E. Umerov, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine H. V. Galushchenko, as well as other persons.”
Details: The investigators found out that Mindych, with the assistance of Galushchenko, controlled financial flows in the energy sector of Ukraine. At the same time, Galushchenko had a personal benefit – Mindych’s patronage before President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
In order to control the accumulation, distribution and “laundering” of funds obtained through criminal means in the energy sector of Ukraine, Mindych created and managed a criminal organization. He engaged a businessman as a co-organizer Oleksandr Zukerman.
Zuckerman involved in the criminal organization – Lesya Ustymenko, Lyudmila Zorina, Igor Fursenko and other unidentified citizens.
With the help of Galushchenko, the adviser to the Minister of Energy joined the organization at that time Ihor Myronok and executive director for physical protection and security of JSC NAEK “Energoatom” Dmytro Basov.
The investigation established that Mindich, Zukerman, Ustymenko, Fursenko, Zorina, Myronyuk and Basov, as well as other unidentified participants, received illegal benefits from January 15, 2025 for taking actions using their official position in the interests of JSC NAEK “Energoatom” contractors and later legalized them.
According to the notice of suspicion, no later than May 14, Basov, with the assistance of Myronyuk, received from an unidentified person who acted in the interests of Elast Atom LLC, 53 thousand US dollars (2 199 521, 20 UAH) for taking actions in the interests of “Elast Atom”, namely for the purpose of paying JSC “NAEK “Energoatom” funds to the LLC for the fulfillment of concluded contracts.
In the period from February 10 to May 9, Ustimenko and Fursenko, under the leadership of Zukerman and the control of Mindich, “laundered” 1,227,300 US dollars and 96,700 euros (total amount – 55,144,841.03 hryvnias) by concealing the fact of obtaining them by criminal means, as well as the source of their origin and location, by transferring them into the ownership of the then Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Unity Oleksiy Chernyshov.
In addition, from February 12 to May 21, Ustimenko, Zorina and Fursenko, under the leadership of Zukerman and the control of Mindich, legalized 5,563,523 US dollars and 450,000 euros (total amount – 256,097,084, 42 hryvnias)which they received from Myronyuk.
At the same time, in the text of the suspicion, it is noted that one of the heads of the prosecutor’s office, being a member of this criminal organization, in the period from October 16 to 26, handed over the information of the pre-trial investigation. That is, he informed the members of the organization about the risks of their exposure by NABU detectives and SAP prosecutors.
Details of the offense under Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 4 of Art. 28, Part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code: The investigators established that the goal of the criminal organization was the legalization of funds obtained through crime from various sectors of Ukraine’s economy and profit from this activity.
Members of the organization received profits in the amount of 0.2% to 8% of the amount of legalized funds for “laundering” such funds.
According to the investigation, the legalization of part of the funds was done in the interests of former Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov. In general, the criminal organization under the leadership of Mindich and Zukerman legalized and transferred 55,144,841.03 hryvnias to Chernyshov.
Also, the “laundering” of funds obtained through criminal means took place with the participation of the then adviser to the Minister of Energy Myronyuk. Legalization of money was carried out in three ways: moving cash from the places of its receipt to the office of the organization, mixing and masking funds of criminal origin to make it impossible to identify them with funds that are already at the disposal of the organization; after mixing and masking the money, it was transferred to the accounts of companies, including non-residents, or transferred to the ownership of individuals and legal entities; the transfers took place by carrying out currency exchange transactions, as well as the purchase and subsequent transfer of crypto-assets. The total amount of “laundered” money with the participation of Myronyuk – 256 097 084, 42 hryvnias.
Verbatim from the text of suspicion: “The total amount of funds legalized by the criminal organization under the leadership of T.M. Mindich and O.D. Zukerman is UAH 311,241,925.45.”
Details of the offense under Part 1 of Art. 344 CCU: As noted in the text of the suspicion, on July 8, 2025, Mindich tried to obtain an illegal decision from Umerov regarding the acceptance by the State rear operator of body armor that did not pass quality control, and receiving material benefit as a result.
Verbatim from the report of suspicion: “The following expressions of TM Mindich indicate the facts and convictions: “Please don’t leave, bronyzhilety eto bolshye деньги”, “Just let them sign the acceptance. All. Well, that’s one call *ban in your mouth, just say, I don’t want to hear from Timur about bulletproof vests anymore, and I meet with him twice a week”, “Well, that’s one of your teams and that’s all”, “Solve this question, I’m asking you, or it’s going to be some bastard”, “It’s just that 7 or 6-300 million have been invested there, half of my money”. Under these circumstances, R. E. Umerov told the interlocutor the following: “I heard Shall, I will call you again, see what you need from me, what would you do.”
Details: According to the investigation, as of August 20, the goods had not been delivered, and therefore, on August 29, the DOT informed LLC MILIKON UA about the termination of the contract.
Director of NABU Semen Krivonos in a comment to UP reported that the text of the suspicion was handed to Mindich on November 10 – sent to contact numbers, residential addresses, and also, in accordance with the law, handed to representatives of the housing and operating organization at the suspect’s place of residence.
According to Kryvonos, from the moment of delivery, the text of the suspicion is not a document with limited access.
“Considering the fact that we initiated the seizure of the suspect’s property and this matter was considered in court, the text of the suspicion is also available to the suspect’s defenders. NABU and SAP did not make a decision regarding the distribution of the text of the suspicion and are not its source. The content of the suspicion and the details of the case can be announced in an open court session regarding the selection of a preventive measure for the suspect,” added the director of the NABU.
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