Too early to assess – Office of the President reacts to suspicion against Yermak
Kyiv • UNN
Former Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak has been served with a notice of suspicion regarding money laundering. The Office of the President considers any assessments premature due to ongoing investigative actions.
The Office of the President stated that it is currently too early to provide an assessment regarding the suspicion issued to the former head of the OP, Andriy Yermak, as procedural actions are still ongoing, UNN reports.
As we can see, procedural actions are still taking place, so it is too early to give assessments,
Addendum
In Ukraine, an organized group involved in the legalization of 460 million UAH in elite construction near Kyiv was exposed; 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.
Context
On April 29, the media published a transcript referred to as part of the "Mindich tapes." Among other things, they mention the estates of the "Dynasty" cooperative.
Recall
On November 10, NABU and SAPO announced an operation to expose a corruption scheme influencing 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, which law enforcement found during a search at the office of one of the co-organizers of the corruption scheme.
SAPO later revealed details, noting that the main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of undue benefits from "Energoatom" contractors 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 100 million USD passed through the so-called 'laundry'," NABU reported.
As NABU explained, during operation "Midas," NABU and SAPO detectives identified the leader of the criminal organization - "Carlson." According to law enforcement, it was he who controlled the work of the so-called "laundry" where money was laundered.
A number of suspects were 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.