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Financial Figures in the Investigation
Alleged funds and bail amounts involved in the case (in Millions USD).
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Zelenskyy's ex-chief of staff appears in court in money-laundering case ...
Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged $10.5m money-laundering scheme involving a luxury real estate development.A former top aide to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appeared in court as prosecutors seek his arrest on charges of involvement in a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme.Prosecutors allege that Yermak, 54, funnelled about 460 million Ukrainian hryvnias ($10.5m) into a high-end Dynasty housing complex in Kozyn, near Kyiv.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ukraine hits Russia’s distant gas facilities after Moscow’s attacks kill 6list 2 of 4Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to UAE: US envoylist 3 of 4Trump-Xi meeting: Could China, US form a ‘G2’?list 4 of 4Zelenskyy says Russia fired over 200 drones at Ukraine as truce expiresend of listInvestigators suspect that funds used in the development may have originated from corruption at Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company.The prosecution has asked the court to remand Yermak in custody, with bail set at 180 million Ukrainian hryvnias ($4m).Yermak denied the allegations.The hearing is due to resume on Wednesday.“The notice of suspicion is unfounded,” Yermak wrote on Telegram following Tuesday’s proceedings. “As a lawyer with more than 30 years of experience, I have always been guided by the law. And now I will likewise defend my rights, my name, and my reputation.”Earlier, during a break in proceedings, he told reporters: “I own only one apartment and one car.”The case is part of a broader anticorruption operation, dubbed “Midas”, led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). The operation was unveiled last November, when Timur Mindich, a former business associate of Zelenskyy, was accused of orchestrating a $100m kickback scheme at Energaotom.Mindich, who denies the allegations, has fled to Israel.Prosecutors said Mindich and several other senior officials, including former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, are “implicated” in the Dynasty case.They said Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council and a key negotiator in the United States-led efforts at peace with Russia, has also been questioned and is a witness in the case.Corruption scandalYermak, a one-time film producer who helped engineer Zelenskyy’s unlikely ascent from playing a fictional president on television to leading a country at war, resigned as chief of ...
Zelensky's ex-chief of staff named as suspect in money-laundering probe ...
Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major corruption investigation.Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced late on Monday that Andriy Yermak is suspected of an alleged 460-million-hryvnia (US$10.5 million) money-laundering scheme.The announcement coincided with, but was not connected to, the end of a three-day US-brokered ceasefire that decreased the fighting but failed to stop it altogether as Russia’s invasion of its neighbour stretches into its fifth year with no sign of a peace settlement within reach.Putin on Ukraine: end war via talks or by forceUkraine offered to extend the pause in hostilities, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. But he reported on Tuesday that Russia launched over 200 drones against Ukraine overnight, striking civilian infrastructure and killing at least one person and wounding another six.“It is time to strengthen our positions and force Moscow to end the war,” Sybiha said on social media. Russian President Vladimir Putin “must realise that it will only get worse for him”.Western analysts say Ukraine’s battlefield position has recently improved as it deploys cutting-edge drone technology to hold Russia’s bigger army at bay.The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its air defences intercepted 30 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions on the border with Ukraine.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (middle) shakes hands with Palantir CEO Alex Karp in Kyiv on Tuesday. Photo: AFP/Ukranian Presidential Press Service
Zelensky's ex-chief of staff Andriy Yermak charged in money laundering ...
May 12 (UPI) --Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's former chief of staff faces charges of money laundering to the tune of $8.9 million, prosecutors announced. Andriy Yermak is accused of ...
Former Top Zelensky Aide Is Accused in Corruption Inquiry
The former chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has been formally accused of involvement in a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme, the country's top anti-graft agencies ...
