The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has identified the individuals involved in the “Forest Gump” case: the list includes 13 names
20 August 17:26
During a hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court, a prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office named 13 individuals implicated in the NABU cases “Forest Gump” and “Themis.” Among them are former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, current Member of Parliament Vadym Stolar, former MP Maksym Mykytas, and executives of the state-owned “SENS Bank.” This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center, according to
A prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced the list of individuals implicated during the High Anti-Corruption Court’s (VAKS) hearing on the selection of a preventive measure for former Member of Parliament Maksym Mykytas.
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The list of individuals involved includes:
- Iryna Mudra —former deputy head of the Office of the President;
- Viktor Dubovyk — Director General of the Presidential Office’s Directorate for Legal Policy;
- Olena Ferens — Deputy Minister of Justice;
- Maksym Mykytas — former Member of Parliament;
- Vadym Stolar — Member of Parliament;
- Vasyl Astion — businessman, former member of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council;
- Mykola Hladyshenko — suspended chairman of the supervisory board of the state-owned “Sens Bank”;
- Oleg Stupak — Chairman of the Board of “SENS Bank”;
- Lyudmila Snigur — head of a department at “Sens Bank”;
- Valentin Yelizarov — head of “Metrobud” LLC, who is linked to Mykyta in the case materials;
- Mykita Tarkovsky — an individual associated with Mykitas;
- Yegor Merkulov — Mykytas’s driver, nominal head of “Montazh Service” LLC;
- Oleksandr Ostapenko — Mykyta’s bodyguard and nominal director of “Filosofia Development” LLC.
What Are the “Forest Gump” and “Themis” Cases About?
On August 19, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) released materials from the “Forest Gump” investigation. According to anti-corruption authorities, the case involves a criminal group that organized “the laundering of funds to post bail for former Minister of Energy and Justice Herman Halushchenko.” According to the investigation, the state-owned “Sens Bank” was used in the scheme .
The following day, NABU and the SAPO released the second part of the investigation, titled “Themis.” In it, the anti-corruption agencies reported on the activities of the same group, which, according to investigators, “organized raider takeovers of real estate and businesses in Kyiv.”
As reported by "Komersant Ukrainian", the Cabinet of Ministers suspended the chairman of the supervisory board of “Sens Bank”
