Mindich case: Ukrainian anti-corruption agency probes possible leak of investigation data

The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has launched an internal investigation into a possible leak of pre-trial investigation files from cases being handled by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and SAPO.

Source: Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office

Details: On the morning of 10 November, SAPO's head Oleksandr Klymenko set up a commission to conduct an internal investigation into a potential leak of pre-trial files from cases overseen by NABU and SAPO.

The decision followed a report filed by a SAPO prosecutor who is providing procedural guidance in a major corruption case in the energy sector and a number of other cases.

SAPO's internal control unit is conducting the investigation, and its findings could form the basis for administrative or procedural decisions.

Earlier, sources in law enforcement agencies told Ukrainska Pravda that Andrii Syniuk, SAPO's First Deputy Head, had access to high-profile energy-sector corruption cases and acted in the capacity of SAPO's head in Klymenko's absence.

Background:

• Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that on the morning of 10 November, NABU detectives conducted searches at the home of Tymur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian TV production company Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president.
• According to the same sources, Mindich left Ukraine just hours before the search began.
• NABU confirmed that, together with SAPO, it is conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
• "Fifteen months of work and one thousand hours of audio recordings. The activities of a high-level criminal organisation have been documented," NABU stated.
• The investigators have uncovered an extensive corruption network influencing strategic state companies, including the state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom.
• NABU and SAPO have released part of the audio recordings from Operation Midas, their investigation into the large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector.

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