Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed his deputy chief of staff, Iryna Mudra, while Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) raided the senior official’s premises today.
NABU announced a few hours ago that it is conducting a “special operation to uncover a criminal organization, allegedly led by a current and a former Ukrainian MP, and involving high-ranking officials of the Presidential Administration.” A source in the Ukrainian authorities, who is aware of the investigation, told the Kyiv Independent that Mudra is also at the center of the investigation.
Later in the day, Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency provided more information about the case, saying the suspects are accused of laundering 150 million hryvnias, or about $3.4 million.
According to NABU, the money was paid as bail for a suspect in a separate corruption case.
Among the individuals allegedly involved in this case are the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, a current and a former MP, as well as the executive director and chairman of the supervisory board of the state-owned bank Sense Bank.
Mudra was responsible for issues related to Justice and judicial reform in the Presidential Administration of Ukraine.