Ukraine puts Mindich and Tsukerman on wanted list as those involved in energy corruption case

Businessmen Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman, who are suspected by law enforcement of committing corruption crimes in the energy sector, have been put on the wanted list.

This became known from the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The suspects' profiles are displayed in the section "A person hiding from the pre-trial investigation authorities."

According to law enforcement agencies, the date of disappearance of the two suspects is November 20.

According to investigative journalists from the Schemes portal, Mindich left Ukraine on the night of November 10.

According to the investigation, Tymur Mindich is suspected of creating and leading a criminal organization, legalizing (laundering) the proceeds of crime and illegally influencing members of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Oleksandr Tsukerman, according to law enforcement, was also a member of a criminal organization and was involved in the legalization of funds of corrupt origin.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 13, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on the application of sanctions against Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman, involved in the case of the scheme of embezzlement of funds from the Energoatom national nuclear energy generating company.

According to the decree, Mindich and Tsukerman are citizens of Israel.

Earlier, NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported on the conduct of a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector, which was codenamed "Midas".

On November 10, NABU detectives came to search the homes of businessman, co-owner of the "Kvartal 95" studio Tymur Mindich, Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko, and Energoatom.

Tsukerman, who appears in the investigation materials under the pseudonym "Sugarman", rejects accusations of involvement in a corruption scheme at the Energoatom company, while he does not rule out returning to Ukraine.

The State Border Guard Service, after distributing information in the media about Mindich's escape abroad on November 10, stated that he had registered his departure from Ukraine at one of the checkpoints in accordance with the norms of current legislation.