Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian anti-corruption law enforcement initiative on Monday announced it has detained former Energy Minister German Galushchenko as he was attempting to leave the country, authorities said.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau said in a statement that does not mention Galushchenko by name that the suspect, identified as the former minister of energy who was in office from 2021 to 2025, was detained Sunday.
The arrest comes as part of Ukraine's Operation Midas investigation into an alleged large-scale bribery scheme within the European country's energy sector.
Investigators with NABU announced that they uncovered the scheme in November, alleging a criminal organization comprised of current and former government officials, as well as businessmen, sought to influence strategic state-owned enterprises, particularly Energoatom, to obtain unlawful benefits and launder money.
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