US EditionUkraine's anti-corruption bureau says large-scale operation underway in energy sector
- On Nov. 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine conducted searches in Kyiv at premises linked to Timur Mindich, hours after he reportedly fled, as part of a major energy-sector operation with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office .
- NABU's long-running probe documented fifteen months of work and 1,000 hours of recordings exposing a high-level criminal organization that built a scheme to control Energoatom and other state enterprises.
- Investigators also searched Mindich's homes and business addresses in Kyiv, including offices linked to Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, just hours after Mindich left the country, law-enforcement sources confirmed.
- Ukrainska Pravda reported the bureau is preparing charges against Timur Mindich, while Ruslan Mahamedrasulov, head of NABU's interregional detective department, was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine amid claims the probe triggered July efforts to weaken NABU.
- Investigative pieces have raised questions about Timur Mindich's industry connections as media reports suggested he may have ties to Firepoint, a drone and missile supplier to Ukraine's Defense Forces.
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