HACC extends arrest of ex-minister Galushchenko
The High Anti-Corruption Court extended the detention of former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko until June 14 in the case of Timur Mindich's criminal organization and money laundering. His bail of UAH 200 million was left unchanged.
The HACC made this decision on April 15, the court's press service reports, but does not mention the suspect's name.
According to "Word and Deed", this concerns Galushchenko, who was previously taken into custody with the alternative of UAH 200 million in bail.
The investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court extended the term of the preventive measure of detention in custody for the former Minister of Energy of Ukraine for two months. As an alternative, the court left a bail of UAH 200 million, in case of payment of which he is subject to a number of procedural obligations
German Galushchenko is a suspect in the EBK database.
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.
