New suspicion in the "Midas" case: former official of "Energoatom" exposed for laundering over UAH 30 million
Kyiv • UNN
NABU notified the former executive director of Energoatom of suspicion of laundering over UAH 30 million. The funds were obtained from the corruption scheme "Shlagbaum".
A new suspicion has been announced in the "Midas" case. According to NABU, it concerns a former official of "Energoatom" — in the case materials referred to as "Tenor". He was exposed for laundering over UAH 30 million, reports UNN.
On the instructions of the head of the SAP, the prosecutor announced a new suspicion in the "Midas" case. It concerns the former executive director for physical protection and security of the company (in the investigation materials – Tenor). He is suspected of money laundering of funds obtained through a criminal scheme known as "Shlagbaum"
According to law enforcement, his actions are classified under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Details of the case
As part of the pre-trial investigation, NABU detectives established that from 2023 to 2025, the suspect laundered over UAH 30 million obtained from the implementation of this scheme.
With the funds received, the former official purchased two luxury "Mercedes-Benz" cars worth over UAH 8 million in total, elite real estate in Ukraine and on the Indonesian island of Bali (worth the equivalent of over UAH 19 million), as well as various luxury items.
To conceal the origin of the funds and prevent the crime from being uncovered, the suspect used cryptocurrency and registered all assets in the name of a close person.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Recall
On November 10, NABU and the SAP reported on an operation to expose a corruption scheme influencing strategic state-owned enterprises, in particular JSC "NNEGC "Energoatom". The operation was named "Midas".
NABU released "recordings" in a large-scale corruption case in the energy sector, where code names are mentioned. And the SAP showed an "interesting artifact" with Russian symbols, which law enforcement found during a search of the office of one of the co-organizers of the corruption scheme.
The SAP later revealed details, stating that the main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of undue benefits from counterparties of "Energoatom" in the amount of 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 USD 100 million passed through the so-called 'laundry'," NABU reported.