NABU uncovers array of hundreds of “profiles”: investigation checks whether data was used to pressure detectives and officials
25 November 17:24
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau says it has found an array of more than 500 certificates with classified personal data of detectives, politicians, civil servants, journalists and security officials in the back office of businessman Timur Mindich. This was reported by NABU detective Oleksandr Abakumov, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
According to him, the database contained 527 “profiles” that contained residential addresses, passport data and other non-public information. The investigation suggests that they could have been collected with the participation of law enforcement officials. Some of the references were prepared just five days before the attack on NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office on July 17.
Who was included in the database
The collected database included dossiers on:
- 15 NABU detectives who investigated cases in the energy and law enforcement sectors, including Ruslan Magamedrasulov, Vitaliy Tibekin, and Yevhen Tokar;
- 16 MPs, including Anastasiia Radina, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada’s Anti-Corruption Committee;
- 18 ministers and their deputies;
- 10 journalists;
- 9 employees of the Security Service of Ukraine;
- former executives of Naftogaz and Ukrenergo, officials of the Ministry of Justice, the State Enforcement Service and forensic institutions.
The NABU is currently investigating whether the data collected could have been used for surveillance, intimidation, pressure on participants in investigations or manipulation in corruption schemes.
What is known about the investigation
The discovered materials are related to the case of large-scale money laundering at Energoatom.
According to the investigation, there was a kickback scheme between officials and Mindich’s business group: companies that wanted to work with the state nuclear energy operator had to pay 10-15% of the contract value. In case of refusal, they could be deprived of payment or excluded from the list of suppliers – a mechanism that participants called a “barrier”.
The investigation believes that the organizer of the scheme was a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal-95 Timur Mindich, known in NABU materials as “Carlson”. He left the country a few hours before the searches began.
The investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement officers are checking whether the “profiles” were part of a systemic influence on investigators and the political vertical.
