$112 million was laundered through investment funds on islands and family accounts — suspicion of former minister Halushchenko by NABU and SAPO. The investigation says that money from the energy sector was taken out through his circle and family and made legit through offshore funds and Swiss banks.
In 2021, a fund was created for this purpose on the island of Anguilla (Great Britain).
The “investors” were companies registered, among others, to the former minister’s ex-wife and children. Through these companies, the family received funds into accounts in Switzerland.
In total, the scheme could have covered more than $112 million obtained in the energy sector. At least $7.4 million, as well as millions in euros and francs, were transferred directly to the family’s accounts.
Part of the money was spent on educating the children in Switzerland and placed in the accounts of the ex-wife, while the rest was put into deposits.
On February 15, 2026, NABU detectives detained the former minister. Galushchenko was taken off a train while attempting to flee Ukraine.
Galushchenko appears in Mindich’s recordings under the code names “Professor” and “Sigismund.” In particular, the SAPO prosecutor read out an excerpt from Mindich’s conversations with Galushchenko at a High Anti-Corruption Court hearing.
During the trial, it was also reported that Galushchenko was supposed to signal his accomplices when to flee abroad.
Galushchenko is to remain in custody without the right to bail.
