The former Head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, who is suspected of legalizing 460 million UAH through elite construction near Kyiv, has arrived at the HACC, where a preventive measure is to be chosen for him. The prosecution will petition for a preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative bail of 180 million UAH, but Yermak remained silent when asked if he had such funds, reports the UNN correspondent from the courtroom.
Details
Before the start of the session, Yermak stated that he expects "fair and honest justice."
"Let's have all comments after the session. Thank you," Yermak said.
Responding to the question of whether he has the funds to post the bail requested by the SAPO, Yermak remained silent.
Note that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office will petition for a preventive measure for the former Head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, in the form of detention with an alternative bail of 180 million UAH.
Addition
An organized group involved in the legalization of 460 million UAH through elite construction near Kyiv has been exposed in Ukraine; the former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, has been notified of suspicion.
Qualification: Part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Urgent investigative actions are ongoing.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine provided 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 the hearing of 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 an operation to expose a corruption scheme of influence over strategic state-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 at the office of one of the co-organizers of the corruption scheme.
SAPO later disclosed details, noting that the main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of undue benefits from "Energoatom" counterparties 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 reported, 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 operation of the so-called "laundry" where the money was laundered.
A number of individuals involved 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.