Posted on 05/12/2026 3:10:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Volodymyr Zelensky's former chief of staff has been charged with money laundering tied to the construction of a luxury residential compound outside Kyiv, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) said in a statement.
Although not named in SAPO's statement, the chief of staff in question is Andriy Yermak, a source in law enforcement familiar with the case told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) allege that more than Hr 460 million ($8.9 million) was funneled through the project over several years using a network of shell companies, cash transactions, and fictitious financial documents.
Law enforcement alleges that the group planned to construct four private mansions, each roughly 1,000 square meters in size, along with a shared wellness complex featuring a spa and swimming pool. The estimated cost of each residence exceeded millions of dollars.
Yermak has been under investigation in a probe into a $100 million corruption scheme centered around the state nuclear monopoly Energoatom. The Energoatom probe, launched last year, is the biggest corruption investigation of Zelensky's tenure.
Nine suspects have already been charged in the Energoatom case, among them Timur Mindich, a close Zelensky associate, ex-Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and former Energy and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko.
Suspects in the Energoatom case allegedly gave money to Chernyshov for the construction of the high-end houses near Kyiv, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivindependent.com ...
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And from California and Minnesota, too. And as Mark Levin has been saying-—reparations to us for the anti-Americans here.
Remember, folks. The US is a debtor nation. So that’s $29 billion in borrowed money.
A good argument could be made for borrowing and spending that money. But then again, that’s true for pretty much every government spending program. A good argument can be made.
Oh, well. I suppose we’re past the debt point of no return anyway. So what does another $29 billion matter?
Here is I told you so girl

The guy behind Zelensky.
Sounds like Zelenskyy is cleaning house. He must have taken lessons from Stalin.

Taking the rubes to the cleaners is more like it.
This was meant for the “New estimated US price tag for war in Iran now up to $29 billion” story?
He forgot to wet the beak of the Big Zee.
Who is that creep? My vision sucks so I have no clue,
......I am shocked, SCHOCKED!! I tell you, that there is any
talk of corruption within this Zelenskyyyy crime syndicate, er....administration.....and we keep pouring more and more
U.S. taxpayers’ funds to this bunch of crooks...when will this
charade end...? how much more of this farce will we have to
endure......??
I bet Andriy knows Hunter.
Remember how at the beginning of the war, Russia Today and other Moscow sources spread stories of Zelensky having mansions on the Riviera and Switzerland and owning Rolls Royces and Ferraris?
Don’t you think that if he were the typical post-Soviet kleptocrat he would be counting his hundreds of millions on a Lürssen docked at Monte Carlo?
So, he’s good at hiding the geld. Has a relative driving the cash trucks to Zurich. Zelensky, Putin, Xi. F*** em all. And that Brit weasel, Starmer the rape gang facilitator. These are the types of people who have made our planet a hell.
Well, well, well.
Corruption runs rampant in YouCraynee.
Oh, are they sure? I mean, what a surprise!🙄
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