Operation "Midas": pre-trial investigation completed

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have completed the pre-trial investigation into the «Midas» case. This was reported by Glavkom, citing NABU.

“NABU and SAP completed the pre-trial investigation into the case of a high-ranking criminal organization whose members built a large-scale corrupt scheme influencing the activities of strategic state-sector enterprises, in particular JSC "NEE 'Energoatom'", obtaining undue advantage and laundering funds,” the statement reads.

According to the investigation, members of the group systematically received undue benefits from contractors of JSC "NEE 'Energoatom'" and from enterprises that were within the ministry of energy's sphere of management, ranging from 10% to 15% of contract values. The function of laundering illegally obtained funds was assigned to a separate office of the criminal organization.

“The amounts established by the investigation, accumulated and moved to this office in cash from the energy sector over 2020–2025 years, amounted to over $111 million and €12 million. Detectives also established cases of funds being received by the criminal organization from other sources. To launder funds, various financial instruments were used, including cryptocurrency, securities, and a foreign investment fund,” the statement adds.

During the investigation, NABU and SAP took measures to seize assets of the criminal organization both in Ukraine and abroad. Law enforcement officers state that measures to search for and seize the organization’s assets will continue.

“A number of other proceedings have been separated from materials, in which the investigation into the fact of giving and receiving undue benefits in the energy sector, as well as laundering funds on behalf of other persons, continues,” NABU emphasized.

As reported, 10 November 2025 year, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, as part of the investigation into corruption schemes in the energy sector (operation “Midas”), announced accusations against seven individuals. Among them:

Timur Mindich – businessman and co-founder of the studio “Kvartal-95” (appears in NABU recordings under the codename Carlson),

Igor Myroniuk (Rocket) – former adviser to the minister of energy,

Dmytro Basov (Tenor) – executive director for security at the Energoatom company.

And four representatives of the so-called back office for money laundering:

Oleksandr Tsukerman (Sugar-man),

Igor Fursenko (Ryoshik),

Lesya Ustymenko,

Lyudmila Zorina.

Incidentally, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) extended the detention term for former energy minister Herman Halushchenko’s adviser Igor Myronyuk, who is one of the key defendants in the «Midas» case. At the same time, the court reduced the amount of the alternative bail from 85 million UAH to 25 million UAH.

Also, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) canceled the obligation for the former energy minister Herman Halushchenko to wear an electronic bracelet. At the same time, other procedural restrictions for the suspect were extended for two months.