(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom does not hold the status of an injured party in the criminal proceedings known as the Midas case, despite investigators establishing that more than 100 million Ukrainian hryvnia moved through an alleged money laundering back office linked to the company. The sum is equivalent to roughly 2.4 million US dollars and 1.9 million British pounds at current exchange rates.
The head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, Semen Kryvonos, provided the update during a briefing on the agency’s results for the first half of 2026. He said the pretrial investigation remains active and is on schedule for completion, after which case materials will be opened to suspects for review. Kryvonos confirmed that Energoatom has not been granted legal standing as a victim in the case at this stage, though the investigation has traced the movement of over 100 million hryvnia through what he described as a laundering operation.
Kryvonos noted significant progress in the investigation but declined to share further details.
The Midas operation was made public by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in November 2025. Investigators said they had uncovered a criminal organisation that built a large scheme to exert influence over strategic state enterprises, with Energoatom identified as a primary target. Seven people were named as suspects. Five of them were detained at the time.
Among those charged are businessman and co-founder of the Kvartal-95 studio Tymur Mindich, referred to in bureau recordings under the code name Carlson, and former energy ministry adviser Ihor Myroniuk, codenamed Rocket. Also charged are Energoatom executive director for security Dmytro Basov, codenamed Tenor, and four individuals accused of operating the back office used to process funds. Those four are Oleksandr Tsukerman, codenamed Shugarmen, Ihor Fursenko, codenamed Ryoshyk, Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina.
Mindich and Tsukerman left Ukraine before arrests could be made. In November 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision to impose personal sanctions against both men. By January 2026, the anti-corruption bureau and the prosecutor’s office had submitted documents seeking Interpol red notices for Mindich and Tsukerman. In March 2026, the Office of the Prosecutor General sent an extradition request for Mindich to Israel.
On 10 July 2026, the bureau and the specialised prosecutor’s office announced a new suspicion of money laundering against a former executive director for physical protection and security at Energoatom. Investigators say that between 2023 and 2025, the individual laundered more than 30 million hryvnia, equal to about 720,000 US dollars and 570,000 British pounds.
Energoatom has not commented publicly on its legal standing in the case.