Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies on Monday announced a large-scale operation to investigate a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector, and currently, they have searched the offices of the state atomic energy company, Energoatom, amid restrictions on electricity supplies following Russian attacks in recent days.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU, for its acronym in Ukrainian) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) indicated that a “criminal organization” had laundered money from an office in the capital Kyiv, a property owned by former Ukrainian parliamentarian and businessman Andriy Derkach, currently a Russian senator.
“Through this office, strict control of incoming funds was carried out, black bookkeeping and regulation of money laundering was carried out through a network of non-resident companies. A significant part of the operations, in particular the issuance of cash, was carried out outside Ukraine,” the joint statement said.
According to NABU, this office received percentage payments for providing services to people outside the organization. “In total, approximately $100 million (87 million euros) passed through this money laundering system,” he noted on his Telegram channel.
In turn, SAPO reported during the day that it had formed a committee to conduct an internal investigation into the possible data leak in this case before the trial.
For its part, Energoatom reported that NABU and SAPO agents are “conducting investigative actions in their offices.” He stressed that “Energoatom is fully cooperating with the investigating organizations, providing all required documents and contributing to an objective and transparent investigation.”
In this sense, he stressed that “the company does not impede the development of the procedure and is interested in a comprehensive clarification of all circumstances.”
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