Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies have conducted a search of the office of Andriy Yermak, the former head of the presidential office, and issued a formal notice of suspicion against him in connection with an alleged $11 million money laundering operation.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office suspect Yermak was part of a group that laundered illicit funds through high-end construction projects near the capital.
According to the investigating agencies, part of the financing for the luxury real estate may have originated from corruption schemes at Energoatom, the state nuclear operator. This directly ties the Yermak case to Operation Midas, a sprawling probe into what investigators describe as a more than $100 million bribery and money laundering network within the energy sector.
The anti-corruption bodies have also issued notices of suspicion to six other individuals in the same case, including a former deputy prime minister and a businessman believed to be a ringleader of the group at the center of the Midas investigation.
Yermak, who resigned from his post in 2025 amid the initial wave of anti-corruption raids tied to the Energoatom probe, has declined to comment while the investigation is ongoing. A communications adviser to President Zelensky stated it is too early to assess the situation while proceedings are active.