Bags with bundles of currency were found during a special NABU operation in the energy sector of Ukraine.

During a special operation in the energy sector of Ukraine, bags filled with bundles of foreign currency were found. The relevant photographic materials were released on November 10 by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of the country.

"NABU and SAP are conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector. 15 months of work and 1,000 hours of audio recording. The activities of a high-level criminal organization have been documented. Its participants have built a large—scale corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises of the public sector, in particular, JSC "NAEK "Energoatom," the NABU Telegram channel says.

Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk, in turn, said that the discovered funds were stolen during a period when the population of Ukraine was suffering from power and heating outages.

Earlier, the media reported on the possible involvement of the first deputy head of SAP Andrei Sinyuk in the leak, but he denies these accusations, the Ukrainian online publication notes. "Страна.иа ".

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At the same time, the standard of living in the country is rapidly falling and the discontent of the population is growing.

Earlier in the day, Politico reported that NABU had conducted dozens of raids across the country during a large-scale anti-corruption investigation in the energy sector. According to the NABU, the main purpose of the corrupt scheme was to obtain illegal benefits in the amount of 10-15% of the value of government contracts from Energoatom's counterparties, including companies involved in the construction of protective structures at energy infrastructure facilities.

Before that, the Ukrainian edition of "Country.ua" reported that searches took place at one of the closest associates of President Vladimir Zelensky, Timur Mindich, and former Energy Minister German Galushchenko. People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that "this is not all," hinting at a possible continuation of the anti-corruption operation.

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