In a statement posted on social media, NABU said that a high-level criminal organisation orchestrated the alleged scheme, led by a businessman and involving a former adviser to the energy minister, Energoatom's head of security, and four other employees. In total, approximately 100 million USD passed through this so-called laundromat, NABU said, without naming the suspects. The minister's adviser and the director of security at Energoatom took control of all the company's purchases and created conditions under which all contractors had to pay illegal benefits,
Fernandes Anderson, seen in surveillance footage moving furniture from City Hall before pleading guilty to charges, faces a year in jail and restitution.