Operation Forrest Gump

NABU expands Forrest Gump suspect list

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has announced new charges in its “Operation Forrest Gump” money laundering probe.

29 August, 10:38 AM

Radina calls NABU independence Ukraine’s biggest win in Presidential Office scandal

Anastasia Radina, a lawmaker from the Servant of the People faction and head of the Verkhovna Rada’s anti-corruption committee, spoke in an interview with Radio NV about NABU’s work investigating corruption in the Presidential Office.

28 August, 02:54 PM

Fedorov warned of consequences if he skips parliamentary commission meeting

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has not responded to an invitation to a parliamentary investigative commission meeting Monday, commission head and lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on Aug. 28.

28 August, 01:57 PM

Bail fully posted for Presidential Office rep in Ukraine's Themis case

The full bail amount of 7 million hryvnias ($157,271) set for Viktor Dubovyk, director general of the Presidential Office's Directorate for Legal Policy and a suspect in the "Themis" corporate-raiding investigation, has been posted, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) told news outlet Babel on Aug. 26.

26 August, 03:09 PM

Parliamentary commission summons former Defense Minister Fedorov over Operation Midas

The Verkhovna Rada's Temporary Investigative Commission has summoned former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to answer questions regarding Operation Midas at an August 31 hearing, commission head Oleksiy Goncharenko announced on August 25.

25 August, 01:53 PM

Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies risk becoming 'parallel government'

Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies are increasingly becoming participants in political battles rather than merely referees, risking becoming a "parallel government" and political weapon, The Economist reported on Aug. 24.

24 August, 06:36 PM

Budanov responds for first time to NABU’s ‘Forrest Gump’ investigation

Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov has commented for the first time on NABU’s “Forrest Gump” investigation, which involves officials from the Office of the President, including his former deputy Iryna Mudra.

24 August, 01:30 PM

Zelenskyy: No additional information beyond public details in Mudra case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has no additional information about former deputy head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra, who is suspected of involvement in corruption schemes involving money laundering and corporate raiding.

23 August, 09:04 PM

NBU to probe interference in Sense Bank transaction monitoring system

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will investigate compliance at state-owned Sense Bank after its monitoring system failed to log a bail payment for former energy minister Herman Halushchenko, the NBU announced on Aug. 21.

22 August, 02:35 AM

Sense Bank supervisory board chair fired

The Cabinet has terminated the authority of Mykola Hladyshenko, chairman of the supervisory board of state-owned Sense Bank, Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said on Aug. 21.

22 August, 12:32 AM

NABU wiretaps demonstrate pro-corruption attitudes of top officials

Newly published wiretapped conversations, recorded by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) from its "Operation Themis" investigation, allegedly reveal how state officials and political elites discussed bribing judges, hiring hackers, and forging court documents to seize Kyiv businesses and property, according to a NABU video released on Aug. 20.

21 August, 07:40 PM

NABU says bail system can become part of ‘criminal economy’

Ukraine needs urgent legislative changes to the rules governing bail payments because the system can in some cases become part of a “criminal economy” and effectively serve as “payment for silence,” Oleksandr Abakumov, head of a detective unit at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), said on Aug. 21.

21 August, 07:26 PM

Ukraine's anti-corruption court orders Yelizarov and Mykytas detained in Forrest Gump case

Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court imposed pretrial measures on Valentyn Yelizarov and former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, suspects in the Forrest Gump case, Transparency International Ukraine and Suspilne reported on Aug. 21.

21 August, 06:59 PM

Court orders detention for two 'Forrest Gump' case suspects

Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) has elected a pre-trial restriction for Valentyn Yelizarov and former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, both suspects in the "Forrest Gump" case, Transparency International Ukraine and public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Aug. 21.

21 August, 05:56 PM

Fired presidential aide faces $3.4M bail in graft probe

Iryna Mudra, former deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Office and a suspect in a corruption case involving money laundering and raiding schemes, asked Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) to postpone consideration of a motion on her pre-trial restriction during a HACCU hearing on Aug. 21, which she attended in person, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

21 August, 04:50 PM

Cabinet expedites Sense Bank privatization

Ukraine’s Finance Ministry has been ordered to accelerate the sale of state-owned Sense Bank, with proceeds to be channeled into the military budget, PM Sergii Koretskyi announced on Aug. 20.

20 August, 11:49 PM

SAPO prosecutor names 13 in Ukraine’s ‘Forrest Gump’ corruption case

A prosecutor with Ukraine’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office named 13 people cited in the “Forrest Gump” and “Themis” cases during a High Anti-Corruption Court hearing on pretrial measures for former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas.

20 August, 06:01 PM

Sense Bank supervisory board loses quorum as NBU demands urgent appointments

State-owned Sense Bank’s supervisory board lacks a quorum and cannot legally act, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andriy Pyshnyy told the Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 20, Ukrinform reported.

20 August, 03:20 PM

‘Forrest Gump’ recordings reveal alleged bid to grab a 500 million-hryvnia site in central Kyiv

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies have released a new batch of recordings from the “Forrest Gump” special operation. The latest material concerns an alleged illegal takeover scheme investigated under the case name “Themis.”

20 August, 02:44 PM

Zelenskyy dismisses Iryna Mudra amid reports linking her to NABU corruption probe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Iryna Mudra as deputy presidential chief of staff on Aug. 19, as media reports linked her to NABU’s Operation Forrest Gump.

19 August, 02:15 PM

Operation Forrest Gump

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