MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Businessman Timur Mindich, dubbed ‘Vladimir Zelensky’s wallet,’ and his chief financier Alexander Tsukerman have been put on the Ukrainian wanted list, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s database.
Mindich’s entry says he disappeared on November 20, and lists the charges against him - laundering of money, obtained by criminal methods in large volumes; creation, leadership and participation in a criminal organization; obstruction of a state official's work.
The same date of disappearance and charges, except for the last one, are mentioned on Tsukerman’s page as well.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) held a large-scale operation called Midas to uncover a major corruption scheme in the energy sector. The offices of businessman Timur Mindich, Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who has now been dismissed from office, and the Energoatom company were searched. According to investigators, those involved in the criminal scheme laundered at least $100 million. On the same day, NABU began publishing fragments of recordings of conversations in Mindich's apartment, in which corruption schemes were discussed. There are 1,000 hours of audio recordings in total.
