Overview
- The High Anti-Corruption Court, which ruled Thursday, ordered 60 days in custody with bail set at ₴140 million and required passport surrender, an ankle monitor, a Kyiv travel limit, and no contact with named suspects if bail is paid.
- Investigators from NABU and the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office accuse the former presidential office chief of helping launder more than ₴460 million through a luxury housing project in Kozyn built between 2021 and 2025.
- Six other suspects have been notified in the case, including former vice prime minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and businessman Timur Mindich, with prosecutors linking part of the financing to schemes exposed in the Energoatom-related “Midas” probe.
- Prosecutors asked for a higher bail of ₴180 million and argued Yermak could hide in Ukraine or abroad given four diplomatic passports, while he called the charges baseless and said he does not have that kind of money.
- The case involves a onetime top aide who resigned after searches in November 2025, signaling a politically sensitive test for Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions as the broader investigation continues.