Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian President's Office, is suspected of laundering 460 million hryvnias (approximately 10.5 million US dollars) through the construction of elite housing near Kyiv, reports Todayinfo.
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced the exposure of an organized group involved in legalizing 460 million hryvnias during the construction of elite housing near Kyiv.
The suspect has been identified as Andriy Yermak, former head of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office. He was dismissed in late November amid the "Mindichgate" corruption scandal. No suspicions had been raised against him since then.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) stated that Yermak might have been one of the participants in an "organized group involved in legalizing 460 million hryvnias" (about 10.5 million dollars) "in elite construction near Kyiv."
The suspicion is based on an article concerning the legalization (laundering) of criminally obtained property.
According to NABU, the construction took place in the "Dynasty" cottage village. It is alleged that a group of businessmen and politicians, including Timur Mindich and former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, agreed to acquire four private residences for personal use.
Each residence covers an area of approximately 1,000 square meters and is valued at about 2 million dollars. The residences were built on plots totaling over 8 hectares, with their value potentially exceeding 6 million dollars, as stated by the anti-corruption agencies.
According to NABU and SAP, between 2021 and 2025, the future owners of the residences and other individuals laundered nearly 9 million dollars through the construction.
Yermak declined to comment on the situation.
