Former Energoatom executive receives new suspicion in Midas case
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has announced another suspect in the corruption case at Energoatom, dubbed "Midas." The suspect is the former executive director for physical protection and security at Energoatom.
Law enforcement officers are not disclosing his name, however, according to Hromadske, it is Dmytro Basov, who appears in the case under the nickname "Tenor". Investigators have established that during 2023–2025, Basov legalized more than 30 million UAH obtained through criminal means.
With this money, he purchased two Mercedes-Benz cars worth over UAH 8 million, luxury real estate in Ukraine and on the island of Bali worth a total of over UAH 19 million, as well as other luxury items. He used cryptocurrency to disguise his financial transactions and registered the property in the name of a close person.
Dmytro Basov was charged under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (legalization of property obtained by crime). The maximum penalty provided for by the article is up to 12 years in prison.
Dmitry Basov is a suspect in the EBK database.
Note that Dmytro Basov is already suspected in a large-scale embezzlement case.
As a reminder, on the morning of November 10, NABU and SAPO conducted searches at the home of President Zelenskyy's former business partner and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio, Timur Mindich, as well as at the home of Justice Minister Herman Galushchenko, who previously headed the Ministry of Energy.
Subsequently, the anti-corruption authorities reported on a large-scale operation in the energy sector. They said that the criminal organization had built a scheme to systematically obtain illegal benefits from counterparties of JSC NNEGC Energoatom in the amount of 10% to 15% of the value of contracts. The scheme involved, in particular, the former deputy head of the State Property Fund, who later became an advisor to the Minister of Energy, as well as a former law enforcement officer.
