Former Zelensky Office Chief Andriy Yermak Officially Accused in Major Corruption Case

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) have formally accused former presidential office chief Andriy Yermak in connection with a large-scale corruption and money-laundering investigation involving elite real estate construction projects near Kyiv. The investigation centers on an organized group allegedly involved in laundering approximately 460 million hryvnias through luxury development projects in the Kyiv region. Anti-corruption authorities confirmed that one of the key participants in the scheme was a former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. At the same time, NABU Director Semen Kryvonos stressed that President Volodymyr Zelensky is not involved in the criminal proceedings. According to Kryvonos, the president does not appear in the pre-trial investigation, while detectives continue examining alternative lines of inquiry concerning ownership of the disputed assets.