“A group of persons, one of whom was allegedly a relative of the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, and who offered money to be employed in management positions in the OP, was sent under arrest with the possibility of posting bail.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
One of the detainees in the case. Police photo Source: the response of the National Police to the request of “Ukrainian Pravda”
Verbatim from the answer: “On November 7, 2025, Person N1, Person N2 and Person N3 (the three detainees – ed.) were notified of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Fraud).”
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Details: The police also reported that on November 8, preventive measures were applied to the suspects in the form of detention and bail was set in the amount of 3,996,960 hryvnias for each.
As of November 24, according to the UP, no deposit has been made.
In addition, the police noted that they are currently investigating the possible involvement of the specified persons in committing similar crimes.
Prehistory:
- On November 7, the head of the Office of the President, Andrii Yermak reported about the exposure of a group of fraudsters, one of whom posed as a cousin of the head of the OP.
- Later, the metropolitan police reported the details of the exposure of the fraudulent scheme with the participation of the namesake of the head of the President’s Office, who introduced himself as his cousin and offered employment for management positions in OP for money. The attackers wanted $100,000 for alleged employment at the OP. The police detained three members of the group while receiving 50,000 dollars.
- Even later, “Ukrainian Pravda” wrote that Yermak’s statement about the arrest by the police of a businessman who allegedly demanded a bribe on behalf of his relative for employment in OPcoincided with the uploading into the court register of the decisions of the investigators regarding the “Midas” operation and the receipt by the Office of the President of the information that NABU and SAP are preparing measures also regarding Yermak.