The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine conducted searches of two representatives of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NEURC). The investigative actions were carried out in connection with suspicions regarding the officials’ involvement in schemes for laundering funds obtained from the operations of power plants in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhia region.
This is reported by Finway
The searches targeted high-ranking NEURC officials
The searches were conducted at the premises of Kostiantyn Ushchapovskyi, who has been a member of the NEURC since December 2021 and chaired the commission in 2022. Investigative actions also took place at the location of Oleksandr Formahyi, who worked at the NEURC from 2018 to 2019, as well as from 2021 to the present.
Suspicions of facilitating money laundering
According to sources in the energy sector, the investigation is considering the version that Ushchapovskyi and Formahyi may have provided assistance and consultations to Rostyslav Shurma regarding the mechanisms for laundering profits obtained from the operation of power plants in the occupied territories of Zaporizhia. In particular, it concerns the organization of further receipt of payments under the “green” tariff for these facilities.
“The investigation believes that they may have helped and consulted Rostyslav Shurma in the scheme for laundering funds obtained from the occupied power plants in Zaporizhia. In particular, it concerns consultations on how to continue receiving payments under the ‘green’ tariff for these stations,” a source told EP.