The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) are conducting searches at the office of Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, in the government district on the morning of 28 November.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda journalist at the scene

Details: Ukrainska Pravda journalists managed to record around 10 employees from NABU and SAPO entering the government district.

Ukrainska Pravda is trying to obtain comments from NABU.

Previously: On 25 November, NABU Director Semen Kryvonos expressed his belief that the Midas corruption case in the energy sector would expand during the investigation and that new suspects would emerge.

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Background:

• On 10 November, NABU reported that it had uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector and posted audio recordings of conversations between the people involved. Prior to this, Ukrainska Pravda sources said that NABU had conducted searches at the homes of Tymur Mindich and then Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko. Ukrainska Pravda sources also stated that Mindich left Ukraine hours before the searches.
• On 11 November, journalists identified all the individuals implicated in the large-scale investigation into corruption at Energoatom who have been formally notified of suspicion by NABU. An investigative reporting project by Skhemy found that notices of suspicion have been served on Tymur Mindich (referred to as "Karlsson" on the NABU tapes), former adviser to the energy minister Ihor Myroniuk ("Rocket"), Energoatom's executive director for security Dmytro Basov ("Tenor"), Oleksandr Tsukerman ("Sugarman"), Ihor Fursenko ("Roshyk"), Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina.
• Five of the suspects have been detained. Two – Mindich and Tsukerman – have left Ukraine.
• Pre-trial restrictions with the option of bail have been imposed on Basov, Myroniuk, Fursenko, Ustymenko and Zorina. It later emerged that the High Anti-Corruption Court has received bail payments for Ustymenko and Zorina, the two back-office employees involved in laundering funds linked to Energoatom.
• On the morning of 12 November, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced that Herman Halushchenko had been suspended as justice minister following NABU's high-profile investigation into corruption at Energoatom.
• On 13 November, Zelenskyy enacted a decision by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions against businessman Tymur Mindich – co-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio and an associate of the president – and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman.

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