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Case worth 45 million dollars: Office of the Prosecutor General is investigating misappropriation of crypto donations for the Armed Forces of Ukraine by officials of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the KUNA exchange
The Office of the Prosecutor General is investigating the misappropriation by Ministry of Digital Transformation officials of charitable funds totaling more than 45 million dollars received by the crypto exchange KUNA.
The investigation established that at the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022 year, the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s website published links to cryptocurrency wallets for raising funds for the needs of the Armed Forces. These wallets were opened by the KUNA exchange.
Initially the crypto fund operated on a subdomain of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and later a separate site aid-for-ukraine.io was created for it. At the old address it now automatically redirects to the United24 platform. Besides Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, his deputy Oleksandr Bornyakov was responsible for the project.
Later the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Defense, and KUNA agreed to jointly contract with the American company NEANY Inc. to supply attack drones.
After signing a contract between NEANY Inc. and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, crypto assets amounting to 150 BTC and 2500 ETH (equivalent to 12,2 million dollars) were transferred to the supplier’s account. The basis was a letter of guarantee from the Ministry of Defense signed by Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
Subsequently it turned out that the contract between NEANY Inc. and the Ministry of Defense was never signed — the document was not signed from the Ukrainian side due to lack of authority in the person who was to sign it.
Part of the assets sent to the wallet of the FTX.us exchange were returned to KUNA’s control. The 53,7787 BTC (1,23 million dollars) and 2048 ETH (3,44 million dollars) remained unrecovered. The investigation established that funds from charitable wallets were later transferred to the WhiteBIT exchange wallet, which was allegedly used as a mixer and is owned by a Ukrainian citizen.
According to official data, her declared income for 2021–2024 years amounted to only 37,4 thousand hryvnias. At the same time, on bank accounts (including Monobank), there were receipts totaling about 6,66 million UAH. The purposes listed included purchases of branded items, foreign trips, and P2P transactions. No signs of charitable activities were found.
As of 12 December 2025 year, the wallet had 10,145 BTC left (approximately 936 thousand dollars). The last transfer from this wallet occurred on 14 April, although funds continued to come in after that date.
Authorized officials of the Ministry of Digital Transformation do not have access to this wallet and cannot manage the funds. An electronic inquiry to the KUNA exchange remained unanswered.
As part of the case, searches were conducted at the lawyer O. M. Frolova (Olexandr Mykolaiovych Frolov). In testimony, the lawyer stated that after the start of the full-scale invasion he participated in organizing aid collection for the army to purchase weapons and equipment. Communication among participants occurred via messengers, and he personally did not see anyone. After 3 March, according to him, he stopped participating in collection and had no involvement in signing contracts or paying for equipment.
Currently in case No. 12025000000000407 under part 5 Art. 191 of the Criminal Code investigative actions continue. No one has been formally charged yet.
This is a criminal proceeding — another warning to everyone who makes donations to the Armed Forces.
Check who you are sending money to.
Because under the guise of “assistance to the army,” funds may end up in the hands of fraudsters.
Your donation should work for the Armed Forces, not for someone's pockets.
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