Former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko was a member of a criminal organization involved in large-scale money laundering, in particular at NAEK Energoatom, which was exposed as part of the NABU/SAP operation “Midas.” He was given the pseudonyms ‘Sigismund’ or “Professor,” according to SAPO prosecutor Serhiy Savitsky.
“All members of the criminal organization were aware of the risk of exposure, so pseudonyms were established for individuals for the purpose of conspiracy. For the Minister of Energy – ‘Sigismund’ or, in conversation with Mironyuk and Basov – ”Professor,“ for Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov – Che Guevara,” Savitsky said while reading the Midas case materials in the High Anti-Corruption Court, which is currently deciding on a preventive measure for one of the defendants in the case, Igor Mironyuk.
In the NABU/SAPO investigation, he is referred to as a former advisor to the Minister of Energy.
Mironyuk himself called himself Galushchenko’s lawyer in court.
The SAPO prosecutor also noted that Timur Mindich, whom the PO participants called its leader, like Mikhail Zuckerman, had influence over Galushchenko and former Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
The SAPO prosecutor is requesting that Myronyuk be taken into custody as a preventive measure due to the risk of him fleeing abroad.
As reported, one of the figures in the case, a member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU), left Ukraine last night. Sources from the Energorforma internet portal in the government claim that he had been approved for a business trip to Warsaw until the end of the week. We are awaiting a response to the official request from the NEURC.
