# Investigation
The bank’s former board chairman has been notified that he is under suspicion of illegal financial transactions amounting to 210 million hryvnias
The former chairman of the board of one of Ukraine’s banks has been notified that he is under suspicion of receiving an unlawful benefit. According to the investigation, more than 210 million hryvnias’ worth of high-risk financial transactions were carried out through the accounts of companies under his control.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has detained Serhiy Kuzminykh, a Member of Parliament from the ‘Servant of the People’ party
Національне антикорупційне бюро затримало чинного народного депутата. Його імені не називають, проте ЗМІ кажуть, що це нардеп від Слуги народу Сергій Кузьміних.
A former first lady has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in South Korea
A court in Seoul has sentenced former First Lady Kim Kun-hee to seven years in prison for accepting expensive gifts and appointing certain individuals to positions in return.
The SSU and the FBI have uncovered large-scale cyberattacks by Russian intelligence services targeting officials’ messaging apps
The Security Service of Ukraine, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has uncovered systematic cyberattacks by Russian intelligence services targeting the messaging apps of officials, military personnel, politicians and activists. Users in Ukraine, Europe and the US were targeted in these attacks.
The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine was unable to explain the mechanism behind the tax ‘compromises’ with the business community, as claimed by Tsyvinskyi Document
Despite Oleksandr Tsyvinsky’s statements regarding a mechanism developed by the Economic Security Bureau for dealing with businesses that have evaded tax, the agency itself was unable to explain what this mechanism entails, how it selects the companies with which it reaches a compromise, or what criteria they use when exempting offenders from criminal liability. In particular, they noted that the matter requires “further consideration”.
Ukraine loses 33.3 billion hryvnia a year due to the black market in cigarettes
In April 2026, the share of illicit tobacco products in Ukraine reached 19.8 per cent of the market. Losses to the state budget due to unpaid taxes are estimated at 33.3 billion hryvnias per year.
A former minister from the Yanukovych era is suspected of embezzling more than 5.6 million hryvnias in grant funds
A former Member of Parliament and ex-Minister for Environmental Protection during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych is suspected of embezzling over 5.6 million hryvnias of public funds. The individual in question is believed to be Viktor Boiko.
The State Bureau of Investigation is to investigate ‘Skelya’ in connection with the torture and deaths of conscripts in the regiment, as previously reported by the media
The State Bureau of Investigations has launched an inquiry following media reports of torture and deaths among conscripts in the ‘Skelya’ assault regiment.
The grandmother of an SBU investigator spent nearly 20 million hryvnias on property in Kyiv
Over a three-year period — from 2021 to 2023 — Maria Yermolenko from Kremenchuk, who is now 79 years old, officially purchased property in Kyiv and in the vicinity of the capital worth almost 20 million hryvnias. The telephone number and email address listed in her business registration belong to her grandson — Dmytro Voitenko, an investigator with the Security Service of Ukraine’s Main Investigation Directorate. When asked about the source of the funds, he replied: ‘Well, that’s not really known.’
In the Zhytomyr region, a former director of a state-owned enterprise is suspected of being involved in a gabbro scheme worth 71 million hryvnias
A former director of a state-owned enterprise in the Zhytomyr region has been notified that he is under suspicion in connection with schemes involving the extraction and sale of gabbro. According to the investigation, the state has suffered losses amounting to 71 million hryvnias.
A scheme involving the embezzlement of over 60 million hryvnias from road repair funds has been uncovered in the Vinnytsia region
The Vinnytsia Regional Police have uncovered an organised group suspected of embezzling over 60 million hryvnias of public funds allocated for road maintenance and repairs. Ten individuals involved in the case have been served with notices of suspicion.
A new aspect of the case concerning the supply of substandard mines has come to light — a tax scheme, according to the investigation
Law enforcement agencies have announced new charges in the case concerning the supply of substandard mines to Ukrainian defence forces. The latest development involves a tax evasion scheme.
