KYIV — Ukraine’s anti-corruption force on Monday said it had uncovered a multi-million-dollar money laundering scheme, which Ukrainian media reported involved President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff, Andriy Yermak.
Yermak — until late last year Zelenskyy’s closest aide and one of Ukraine’s most powerful men — resigned in November 2025 after his home was raided by anti-corruption officers.
He had served as Zelenskyy’s right-hand man throughout much of the Russian invasion. His downfall shook Kyiv’s wartime political scene.
NABU said an “organized group” laundered “460 million hryvnias ($10.5 million) through a luxury construction project near Kyiv,” adding that one of the members was a “former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine”.
“Urgent investigative actions are ongoing,” NABU added.
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Yermak served as Zelenskyy’s top aide from 2020 to 2025.
He resigned in November after NABU uncovered a giant corruption scheme in the war-battered energy sector that it said involved top government officials.
Ukraine has been hit by several major corruption scandals during the war with Russia, now in its fifth year.
Zelenskyy replaced Yermak with ex-intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.