Money for Galushchenko's bail linked to raiding of two companies - EP
The investigation has established the probable origin of the 150 million hryvnias that, after being laundered through shell companies, were used to post bail for former minister Herman Galushchenko. According to "Ekonomichna Pravda," the funds are linked to the raider seizure of two enterprises whose assets were valued at hundreds of millions of hryvnias.
New details are contained in the second part of the NABU and SAPO materials in the case called "Themis." The first part, "Forrest Gump," focused on how 150 million hryvnias in cash was converted into legal circulation to pay Galushchenko's bail.
Now, as EP reports citing investigative materials, the probable source of this money has been identified. According to law enforcement, the scheme participants used funds obtained by gaining control over two companies. The control over the enterprises, as the investigation claims, was established illegally - through interference with state registries, forged documents, and court decisions.
In autumn 2025, according to NABU, organization members seized two enterprises whose combined assets were worth about 248 million hryvnias.
One of the enterprises owned particularly valuable real estate in the center of Kyiv - a land plot worth over 500 million hryvnias.
EP has established that it concerns, in particular, LLC "Filosofiia Development," which owned a plot of about 1.4 hectares at 8 Kniaziv Ostrozkykh Street in Pechersk. Previously, the fourth building of the "Arsenal" plant was located there.
This asset was already associated with Maksym Mykytas. In 2019, his structures purchased the "Arsenal" building from Ukrgasbank for 564 million hryvnias and planned to implement the "Arsenal Plaza" business center project on the site.
According to the investigation, during the raider scheme, participants hired hackers to interfere with state registries, entered false information about company owners, used fake court rulings, and re-registered corporate rights to front persons.
After that, part of the funds, which the investigation considers obtained criminally, had to be laundered. In June 2026, according to NABU, 150 million hryvnias in cash was laundered through the accounts of shell companies with the participation of representatives of the state-owned Sense Bank.
These funds, according to the investigation, were ultimately used to post bail for Galushchenko in the "Midas" case. On June 29, after paying 150 million hryvnias, the former minister was released from the detention center.
Previously, NABU only reported that the bail funds were of criminal origin and had passed through a laundering scheme. The new investigative materials detail the specific activities of the organization members to which the investigation links the appearance of this money.
The investigation is ongoing, and the circumstances presented are the version of the investigation. The guilt of the defendants can only be established by a court.
Based on materials from: Ekonomichna Pravda, NABU
