Overview
- NABU and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office are conducting an active criminal probe into alleged misappropriation of state funds tied to the Tashlyk pumped‑storage plant, and two people have been formally notified of suspicion.
- Investigators recorded more than 70 contract addenda that changed scopes, volumes and deadlines during the project, a pattern they say enabled repeated overpayments to a contractor.
- Prosecutors allege an automated control system purchase listed at over 305 million UAH was routed through a foreign‑controlled firm, inflating the price by roughly 170 million UAH.
- Authorities say the works were performed by a company linked to an alleged scheme organizer and that a former head of an Atomproektinzhiniring division at Energoatom is among the suspects; names have not been released and Energoatom has not commented publicly.
- The case builds on a November 2025 NABU finding of a wider scheme that extracted 10–15% from Energoatom contracts, and it could prompt further charges, audits of project spending, and scrutiny of procurement rules for strategic energy infrastructure.