Ukrainian Corruption Agencies Name Zelenskyy’s Former Chief of Staff as Graft Suspect

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau said it was investigating alleged money laundering through a $10.5 million luxury construction project near Kyiv.

Andriy Yermak, Ukraine's head of the Office of the President, speaks at a news conference in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 14, 2024. Markus Schreiber, AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was placed under suspicion in a major corruption investigation on May 11.

In an X post on Monday, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said it and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had exposed an organized group that was laundering money through a 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) luxury real estate project near the capital city of Kyiv.