NABU sends documents to prosecutor general to seek Mindich extradition
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NABU has submitted documents for the extradition of Tymur Mindich to the Prosecutor General's Office (Photo: Video frame Ukrainska Pravda via YouTube)
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau is seeking the extradition of businessman Tymur Mindich in the Midas case, chief detective Oleksandr Abakumov said in an interview with the YouTube channel Ye Pytannia on March 31.
“We have sent all materials to the Office of the Prosecutor General for extradition,” he said.
According to Abakumov, the Prosecutor General’s Office has not yet signed the request, and the documents have been there “for two weeks already.” He added that NABU expects the request to be signed in the near future.
The detective also said that Israel is a difficult country for extradition. To proceed, law enforcement must submit essentially the entire case file.
“We have prepared and translated a large volume of evidence into their language to prove that our suspicion is well grounded,” Abakumov said.
Operation Midas
On Nov. 10, 2025, NABU detectives conducted searches at businessman Tymur Mindich, at the company Energoatom, and at then-justice minister and former energy minister Herman Halushchenko.
NABU said that during Operation Midas it uncovered the activities of a “criminal organization led by a well-known businessman.” The case involves a corruption scheme to influence Energoatom and extort kickbacks from the company’s contractors amounting to 10-15% of contract values.
Five suspects were detained and arrested with the possibility of bail. Among them were former adviser to the energy minister Ihor Myroniuk, Energoatom executive director for security Dmytro Basov, and “back office” employees where, according to investigators, funds were laundered.
Member of parliament from the Holos faction Yaroslav Zhelezniak said that Andriy Yermak also appears on NABU recordings under the pseudonym Ali Baba.
NABU Director Semen Kryvonos said he could neither confirm nor deny information about Yermak’s possible involvement in the Midas case.
On Nov. 19, Ukraine’s parliament dismissed Herman Halushchenko as justice minister, and Svitlana Hrynchuk as energy minister.
On Dec. 21, Ukrainska Pravda reported that Mindich is in Israel and published a corresponding photo.
On Jan. 26, 2026, the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Oleksandr Klymenko, said NABU and SAPO had submitted documents to Interpol to put suspects in the Midas case — businessmen Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman — on the wanted list.
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