Operation Themis

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

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

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

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

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