“NABU director Semyon Krivonos denied that NABU representatives held a meeting with an FBI agent regarding the case of Timur Mindich. He stated this on the air of UP. Earlier, the mass media reported that NABU detectives met with an FBI agent within the framework of the Mindich case. “As for the FBI, this is not true. We did not have meetings with the FBI right after the operation”, — write on: ua.news
NABU director Semyon Krivonos denied that NABU representatives held a meeting with an FBI agent regarding the case of Timur Mindich.
He stated this on the air of UP.
Earlier, the mass media reported that NABU detectives met with an FBI agent within the framework of the Mindich case.
“As for the FBI, this is not true. We did not have meetings with the FBI immediately after the operation, whether on that day or the next,” Krivonos said.
At the same time, according to him, this does not mean that NABU will not communicate with this body.
“They are not our only partners. We also communicate with the NCA (National Crime Agency) of Britain,” added the head of the Bureau.
It will be recalled that the mass media also reported that Timur Mindich may become a figure in the FBI’s investigation into money laundering at the Odesa Port Plant.
According to the information of the “Scheme” project, suspicions announced Timur Mindich (appears as “Carlson” on the audio recordings of the conversations made public), former adviser to the Minister of Energy Ihor Myronyuk (“Rocket”), executive director of security of NAEK “Energoatom” Dmytro Basov (“Tenor”), as well as Oleksandr Zukerman (“Sugarman”), Ihor Fursenko (“Ryoshik”), Lesya Ustymenko and Lyudmila Zorinii.
Basovu, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of an arrest with the possibility of a 40 million hryvnia bail.
Myronyuk was also ordered to be arrested with an alternative bail of UAH 126 million.
In addition, VAKS applied preventive a measure in the form of detention with the alternative of making a 25 million hryvnias deposit to the employee of the back office for the legalization of funds, Ustymenko.
The court also applied a preventive measure in the form of 60 days of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 95 million to the fourth suspect – the so-called back-office accountant Fursenko.
The figurehead of the “Midas” corruption case is the head of the Ministry of Energy Grynchuk submitted retired
From “Tartak” to Madonna: NABU made public tracks from Operation Midas.
Mindich’s key interests ranged from energy and construction to national telethon and diamond business. About all this more than once wrote edition of UA.NEWS.
During the “Midas” special operation, NABU and SAP discovered that Timur Mindich influenced on former Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko and former Minister of Defense Rustem Umyerov. SAP prosecutors claim that Mindich established ties with Galushchenko thanks to contact with Zelenskyi.
Audio recordings released by NABU show that under the pseudonym “Carlson” Mindich coordinated a group of suspects in embezzlement at “Energoatom”.
“In conversations recorded by detectives, he manages financial flows, discusses the booking of proxies through fictitious employment, gives instructions on ‘security’ and shows awareness of the possible attention of NABU,” – told the Bureau.
Meanwhile, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau has released a selection of tracks that were played on leaked audio recordings during an investigation into large-scale energy corruption within Operation Midas .
NABU revealed trail of four ministers in the embezzlement case at Energoatom.
People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak has scheduled a meeting of the temporary investigative commission regarding the records released by NABU as part of the investigation into embezzlement at Energoatom.
Operation Midas: NABU and SAP reported the suspicion to former Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov.
Suspicions were announced to seven persons involved in the corruption case in the energy sector.
According to the investigation, Lesya Ustymenko was a back office employee “ Energy atom » through which money was laundered . She was taken into custody for 60 days with an alternative bail of 25 million hryvnias.
Zorina could be involved in the embezzlement of the funds of the state company “Energoatom”. She appears among the persons suspected of large-scale abuses related to the supply of equipment and the conclusion of fictitious contracts .
