Politico reported on NABU's disclosure of a corruption scheme in Ukrainian energy companies

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has conducted dozens of raids across the country in the course of a large-scale anti-corruption investigation in the energy sector. The Politico newspaper writes about this on November 10.

"The National Anti—Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) are conducting inspections against senior officials of Ukrainian state-owned energy companies, including Energoatom energy holding," the material says.

Dozens of raids carried out on November 10 were the result of a 15-month investigation involving all bureau employees, including the wiretapping of 1,000 hours of telephone conversations.

According to the NABU, the main purpose of the corrupt scheme was to obtain illegal benefits in the amount of 10-15% of the value of government contracts from Energoatom's counterparties, including companies involved in the construction of protective structures at energy infrastructure facilities.

The NABU refused to disclose the names of the main suspects in the corruption case, but said that among the alleged perpetrators there are well-known businessmen and high-ranking officials.

Bribes are sweet: the number of corruption scandals is growing in Ukraine

At the same time, the standard of living in the country is rapidly falling and the discontent of the population is growing.

Previously, the Ukrainian edition of "Country.ua" reported that searches took place at one of the closest associates of President Vladimir Zelensky, Timur Mindich, and former Energy Minister German Galushchenko. People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that "this is not all," hinting at a possible continuation of the anti-corruption operation.

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