A prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office stated during a HACC session that the former head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, allegedly consulted with a fortune teller before making important personnel appointments, reports a correspondent for UNN.
The statement was made during the presentation of the prosecution's materials in the case regarding the legalization of 460 million UAH in elite construction near Kyiv.
Furthermore, the prosecution stated that Yermak's potential influence on the appointment of individuals to high government positions, particularly in law enforcement agencies, could be used to obstruct the pre-trial investigation.
Prosecutors consider this one of the risks that must be taken into account by the court when choosing a preventive measure.
"Andriy Yermak's potential influence on the appointment of individuals to senior positions, including in law enforcement agencies, could be used to obstruct the pre-trial investigation," the prosecution stated during the HACC session.
Addendum
An organized group involved in the legalization of 460 million UAH in elite construction near Kyiv has been exposed in Ukraine; the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, was notified of suspicion.
Classification: Part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Urgent investigative actions are ongoing.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine shared details of the suspicion against the former head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak.
The High Anti-Corruption Court announced that it has scheduled a hearing for the motion to apply a preventive measure to the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Context
On April 29, media outlets published a transcript referred to as part of the "Mindich tapes." Among other things, they mention the estates of the "Dynasty" cooperative.
Reminder
On November 10, NABU and SAPO reported on an operation to expose a corruption scheme influencing strategic public sector enterprises, specifically JSC "NNEGC "Energoatom." The operation was named "Midas."
At the same time, NABU released "tapes" in a large-scale corruption case in the energy sector, where code names are mentioned. Meanwhile, SAPO showed an "interesting artifact" with Russian symbols found by law enforcement during a search of the office of one of the corruption scheme's co-organizers.
SAPO later disclosed details, noting that the main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of undue benefits from "Energoatom" contractors amounting to 10 to 15% of the contract value. Law enforcement established that the function of legalizing illegally obtained funds was assigned to a separate office of the criminal organization located in the center of Kyiv.
"In total, about 100 million USD passed through the so-called 'laundry'," NABU stated.
As NABU explained, during operation "Midas," NABU and SAPO detectives identified the head of the criminal organization - "Carlson." According to law enforcement, it was he who controlled the work of the so-called "laundry" where the money was laundered.
A number of suspects have been notified of suspicion.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on Israeli citizens Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman. Following this, Mindich and Tsukerman appeared on the Ministry of Internal Affairs' wanted lists.