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Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities have searched the office of Andriy Yermak, the former head of the presidential office, issuing a formal notice of suspicion against him in connection with an $11 million money laundering scheme. The raid was reported from the scene by Schemes, an investigative project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian Service.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) suspect Yermak was part of a group that laundered illicit funds through luxury construction projects near Kyiv.
According to NABU, part of the funding for the luxury real estate may have originated from corruption schemes involving Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear operator. This allegation directly connects the Yermak case to Operation "Midas" - a sprawling investigation into a more than $100 million bribery and money laundering network within the nation's energy sector involving high-ranking officials and businessmen.
The two anti-corruption agencies have also issued notices of suspicion to six other individuals in the case. These include a former deputy prime minister and a businessman whom investigators consider to be a ringleader of the group exposed in the Midas probe.
Yermak, who resigned from his post in 2025 amid an initial wave of anti-corruption raids linked to the Energoatom kickbacks, has declined to comment until the procedural actions are completed.
Dmytro Lytvyn, a communications adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated it is too early to assess the situation while the investigation is actively unfolding.
