HACC reduces bail for ex-adviser in Energoatom case
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has changed the preventive measure for a defendant in the Energoatom embezzlement case. The court did not officially announce the defendant's name, but the case materials indicate that it is Igor Myronyuk, a former advisor to the former Minister of Energy.
This is reported by the Anti-Corruption Center.
The court kept Ihor Myronyuk in custody for another 60 days, but reduced the bail amount from 112 million hryvnias to 85 million hryvnias.
Initially, the HACC took Ihor Myronyuk into custody with the option of bail of 126 million hryvnias. He filed an appeal, but on December 17, the HACC Appeals Chamber rejected it. At the end of April 2026, the court reduced his bail to 112 million.
Ihor Myronyuk was also an advisor to former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko, who is also suspected of involvement in embezzlement at Energoatom as part of the NABU and SAPO's "Midas" operation.
On June 12, the HACC extended the detention of former Minister of Energy and Justice Herman Galushchenko, but reduced the bail in the Energoatom embezzlement case.
Igor Myronyuk is a suspect in the EBK database.
Previously, the Ministry of Energy denied that Myronyuk was an advisor to the minister.
On November 12, the HACC remanded Myronyuk in custody until January 8, 2026, with the possibility of posting a bail of UAH 126 million. He is suspected of participating in a large-scale embezzlement scheme in the energy sector. In the NABU materials, Myronyuk is called an advisor to the Minister of Energy. When the HACC elected a preventive measure for him, the suspect's lawyer emphasized that Myronyuk was not an advisor to the minister.
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.
