Overview
- Volodymyr Kudritskyi confirmed searches by State Bureau of Investigation officers and said no charges have been presented to him.
- He described a two-stage operation that began with police stopping his car and seizing his phone, followed by a home search conducted with a court order.
- Investigators also carried out searches at Ukrenergo’s offices and at premises of a contractor and other companies allegedly linked to the suspected scheme.
- Media reports say the case centers on possible abuse of office and misappropriation through overstated forest-clearing and contractor costs on transmission-line projects.
- Kudritskyi was dismissed as Ukrenergo head in September 2024, after which two foreign board members resigned citing governance violations, and earlier reports linked him to separate anti-corruption inquiries.