Energy corruption case: High Anti-Corruption Court selects preventive measure for ex-aide to Derkach Myroniuk. LIVE BROADCAST
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) is selecting a preventive measure for one of the suspects in the corruption case in the energy sector.
This was reported by Censor.NET.
The suspect is Ihor Myroniuk, a former adviser to ex–Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko and a former aide to ex-MP and traitor Andrii Derkach.
According to media reports, Myroniuk appears in NABU recordings under the code name "Rocket".
During the hearing, the prosecutor confirmed for the first time that, according to the investigation, former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko is implicated in the scheme.
Investigators allege that with assistance from Halushchenko and with help from Myroniuk, Mindich and Tsukerman gained control over Energoatom.
The minister was assigned the codename "Sigismund," while in communications with Myroniuk and Basov he was referred to as "Professor."
Former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov was labeled "Che Guevara," the prosecutor noted.
He added that "since at least October, one of the senior officials of the Prosecutor’s Office joined the criminal organization."
- Earlier, Censor.NET reported that NABU was conducting searches at Mindich's residence, who left Ukraine a few hours before the searches.
- As reported, on Tuesday, 4 November, searches were conducted in one of the branches of the separate divisions of NNEGC "Energoatom" in connection with a corruption case.
- The NABU is also conducting searches at the home of former Energy Minister Halushchenko and at "Energoatom".
- The NABU and the SAPO announced a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
- Current Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk appears on recordings obtained by NABU as part of its investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Later, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau uncovered an office in central Kyiv belonging to the family of former MP and current Russian senator Andrii Derkach, where a "black ledger" was kept, cash was tracked, and money-laundering operations were organized.
- On 11 November, NABU released recordings featuring Minister Halushchenko and Mindich.
