On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) exposed an alleged $110 million corruption scheme at state-owned nuclear company Energoatom. The charges are supported by a fifteen-month wiretap and over seventy searches carried out as part of a major investigation called Operation Midas.

According to NABU officials, the investigation uncovered a criminal enterprise run by Timur Mindich, a film producer and a former business partner of Zelenskyy. Additional suspects include former Minister of Energy and recently appointed Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko; former Naftogaz CEO and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov; former Minister of Defense and current National Security and Defense Council member Rustem Umerov; and Ihor Myroniuk, former deputy head of the State Property Fund and former advisor to Halushchenko.

Mindich fled Ukraine the day before his premises were raided and is reportedly now in Israel.

  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
    279·
    1 day ago

    Ukraine, like many of the former Soviet states, has always had corruption problems. At least they’re trying to work through them right now.

    • camdog2000@ttrpg.network
      67·
      6 hours ago

      It’s crazy how predictable the .ml crowd is.

      It’s like they’re all the same person because they censor anyone who challenges them.

      • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
        41·
        4 hours ago

        Censorship is when you get made fun of for saying stupid things on the internet

      • KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml
        32·
        5 hours ago

        It’s crazy how predictable the lib crowd is.

        It’s like they’re all the same person because they all parrot NATO propaganda and try to silence anyone who challenges them, even in the small insignificant online spaces they have.

      • limer@lemmy.ml
        56·
        21 hours ago

        There has been a grassroots movement to stop corruption and it has made progress. The war has hampered this effort.