The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) have uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme. According to the investigation, the former head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Roman Nasirov, together with his accomplices, illegally laundered 21 million euros. This exposure became one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of independent Ukraine.
Law enforcement officers discovered a scheme of legalization of more than 21 million euros. Between December 2015 and March 2016, through Nasirov’s accomplice, more than 13 million euros were transferred to the accounts of a company registered in the British Virgin Islands. These funds were received as a bribe from the owner of the agricultural holding for VAT reimbursement. From May 2017 to April 2018, this money was used to purchase an unfinished residential and office complex in the center of Kyiv, which subsequently generated income from the rental and sale of real estate.
At the end of 2023, 81 real estate objects belonging to Nasirov’s father-in-law, construction entrepreneur Oleksandr Glimbovskyi, who was involved in money laundering schemes, were arrested. According to the investigation, an additional €7.9 million was “laundered” through buy-sell and agency deals between 2017 and 2018. Suspicions were raised against a person close to the ex-head of the SFS and his adviser. Currently, measures are being taken to establish the circumstances of the legalization of the last part of the bribe in the amount of 5.5 million dollars and the persons involved in it. The case against the former head of the SFS Nasirov and his advisor was brought to court in May of last year. Nasirov has been in custody since October 31, 2022. In May of this year, a bail of more than 55 million hryvnias was made for him.
