The SAPO and the NABU notified former Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko that he is suspected of money laundering and participation in a criminal organization.
According to investigators, he was a member of a criminal organization that, through his trusted associate Rocket, received more than USD 112 million in cash from unlawful activity in the energy sector while he was serving as minister. Those funds were allegedly laundered through cryptocurrency and offshore schemes.
To conceal his link to the money, a complex offshore structure was allegedly used: a fund in Anguilla, two companies in the Marshall Islands, and a trust in Saint Kitts and Nevis, with his former wife and four children designated as beneficiaries. More than USD 7.4 million was transferred to fund accounts controlled by his family; a further CHF 1.3 million and EUR 2.4 million were paid out in cash and transferred directly in Switzerland. Part of the funds was allegedly spent on the children’s education abroad.
Halushchenko was detained on February 15, 2026, while attempting to leave Ukraine. Earlier, on November 12, he was suspended from the post of Minister of Justice, and on November 19, Parliament supported a resolution dismissing Herman Halushchenko from the post of minister. According to media reports, Herman Halushchenko was summoned for questioning by NABU on November 21, 2025.
As reported earlier, within Operation Midas, notices of suspicion were served on November 10-11, 2025 to:
- the alleged head of the criminal organization, businessman Timur Mindich (Karlsson);
- co-organiser Oleksandr Tsukerman (Sugarman, Chef);
- former adviser to the Minister of Energy Ihor Myroniuk (Rocket);
- Executive Director for Physical Protection and Security at Energoatom JSC, Dmytro Basov (Tenor);
- three alleged back-office operatives involved in legalizing funds: Ihor Fursenko (Rioshyk), Lesia Ustymenko, and Liudmyla Zorina;
- former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Chernyshov (Che Guevara).
