Overview
- State operator Energoatom said NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office conducted searches at its office and that the company is fully cooperating.
- NABU published photos of bags packed with foreign currency from the operation while withholding the exact amount seized.
- The bureau described a central Kyiv office tied to the family of ex-MP Andriy Derkach as a hub for off-the-books accounting that allegedly processed roughly $100 million.
- Searches were reported at former energy minister Herman Galushchenko and businessman Tymur Mindich, with a lawmaker claiming Mindich was hastily taken out of Ukraine.
- NABU later released audio fragments it says are related to the case that include Mindich, Energoatom representative Dmytro Basov, and ministerial adviser Ihor Mironyuk, as formal charges have not yet been announced.