Overview
- NABU and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced charges against seven alleged members of an organized group, detaining five suspects.
- Investigators released audio excerpts and images of seized cash, naming a ringleader codenamed “Carlson” and detailing extensive money‑laundering methods.
- Lawmakers and Ukrainian media say “Carlson” is businessman Timur Mindich, who has left Ukraine for Israel on an Israeli passport according to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak and a Ukrainian Pravda journalist.
- NABU official Oleksandr Abakumov said materials reference four current or former ministers and two organizational leaders, as the Justice Ministry confirmed investigative actions involving Herman Galushchenko.
- Published recordings include discussions of distributing funds to prosecutors, the SBU and the Bureau of Economic Security, while NABU says it will seek Mindich’s extradition and is probing how he exited the country.