US EditionOnce a shadowy dealmaker, former Zelenskyy associate is accused in Ukrainian corruption scandal
Authorities allege a $100 million kickback scheme involving Energoatom contractors pressured to pay up to 15% in bribes, with funds laundered through shell companies.
- This week, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office released findings accusing Tymur Mindich of masterminding a $100 million Energoatom embezzlement scheme; Mindich has fled Ukraine and proceedings may continue in absentia.
- Investigators say `tied to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy`, Tymur Mindich's entertainment links like Kvartal 95 helped expand influence, before the probe surfaced.
- Investigators allege contractors for Energoatom paid kickbacks of up to 15% and laundered illicit funds through shell companies, based on wiretaps implicating Herman Haluschenko.
- The probe's release prompted immediate fallout, including the resignation of two top government ministers, the shutdown of the YouTube show 'Stadium Family', and the arrest of Leonid Mindich in June.
- The revelations raise broader political risks because Mindich's past ties to Ihor Kolomoysky and businesses once associated with Kolomoysky naming him beneficiary draw NABU scrutiny to wartime drone industries.
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