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NABU Executes 70-Search 'Midas' Operation Targeting Energoatom Kickback Scheme

Investigators describe 10–15% payoffs to secure contracts, funneled through a Kyiv office tied to Andrii Derkach's family.

Overview

  • Anti-corruption agencies said the final phase of the 15‑month probe included about 70 searches and the release of initial audio fragments under the code name Midas.
  • Investigators say Energoatom contractors were pressed to pay 10–15% to avoid blocked payments or losing supplier status, and they named Ihor Myronyuk and Dmytro Basov among the participants.
  • NABU reports about $100 million was laundered through a Kyiv office linked to the family of former MP and current Russian senator Andrii Derkach.
  • Searches were conducted at Energoatom and at Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko’s residence, and premises linked to businessman Timur Mindich were targeted after reports he left Ukraine hours earlier.
  • SAPO opened an internal inquiry into a possible leak of pre-trial investigation data connected to the case.