Overview
- NABU and SAPO say a high‑level group extracted illicit 10–15% payments from Energoatom contractors and routed roughly $100 million through a central Kyiv 'back office' tied to the family of ex-MP Andrii Derkach.
- Authorities report five detentions and seven suspicion notices, including for a businessman alleged to lead the scheme, a former adviser to the energy minister, Energoatom’s security chief, and four back‑office operatives.
- Journalists and prosecutors have identified suspects including Tymur Mindich, Ihor Myroniuk, Dmytro Basov, Oleksandr Tsukerman, Ihor Fursenko, Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina, with some suspects reported to be abroad.
- Investigators carried out more than 70 searches, seized cash and documents, released portions of wiretap audio, and say the case is built on about 1,000 hours of recordings gathered over 15 months.
- Energoatom confirmed searches at its headquarters, pledged full cooperation, and its supervisory board convened a special session to launch an independent review and audit, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for criminal verdicts.