Operation Midas: Notebook with the logo of the Russian Security Service found in office of co-organizer of criminal scheme
Anti-corruption authorities found a notebook with the logo of the "Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation" during searches at the co-organizers of a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has said.
"During a search of the office of one of the co-organizers of the corruption scheme in the energy sector, the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the State Anti-corruption Prosecutor's office (SAPO) found an interesting artifact," NABU said on Telegram on Monday.
The bureau added a photo of the aforementioned "artifact" to this post.
As reported, NABU and SAPO are conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
"15 months of work and 1,000 hours of audio recordings. The activities of a high-level criminal organization have been documented. Its participants built a large-scale corruption scheme to influence strategic state-sector enterprises, in particular JSC "NAE "Energoatom". Details later," the report said.
According to the NABU report, the main direction of the criminal organization's activities was the systematic receipt of illegal benefits from Energoatom's counterparties in the amount of 10% to 15% of the value of contracts. In particular, Energoatom's counterparties were imposed conditions for paying kickbacks for avoiding blocking payments for services provided/products supplied or deprivation of supplier status. This practice was called "slagbaum."
The head of the criminal organization involved the former deputy head of the State Property Fund, who later became an advisor to the Minister of Energy, as well as a former law enforcement officer who held the position of executive director for physical protection and security of the company, in the implementation of the scheme.
The special operation of the anti-corruption authorities was called "Midas."