The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Prosecutor’s Office, detained the former First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine, who held this position until July 2025.

Before joining the Ministry, the official held a top position at the state-owned company National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom, where he organised a criminal scheme to embezzle funds from the Ukrainian state budget.

The investigation established that the individual was involved in fraud during the procurement of insurance services.

The official unjustifiably increased the cost of the compulsory civil liability insurance contract for nuclear damage by concluding an additional agreement.

To embezzle the funds, the insurers transferred the funds to the accounts of other insurance companies, which then transferred the money to fictitious companies controlled by the perpetrator. From there, the fraudsters converted the assets into cash and divided it among the participants in the scheme.

According to the conclusion of the forensic economic examination, these actions resulted in losses to the Ukrainian budget in the amount of over UAH 18 million (USD 428,000).

The State Audit Service’s investigation confirmed that Energoatom had violated Ukrainian law, namely by unlawfully determining the expected purchase price and unjustifiably overestimating the annual insurance rate.

SSU investigators have notified the detainee of suspicion under Article 191.5 of the CCU (appropriation, embezzlement or acquisition of property through abuse of official position, committed on a particularly large scale, upon prior conspiracy, by a group).

The decision on a measure of restraint is pending. Other persons involved in the crime are being identified.

The operational and investigative actions were carried out by the SSU Office in Kyiv and Kyiv Region under the procedural supervision of Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.