NABU, SAP release Operation Themis video on illegal asset takeover by top OP officials, MPs

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have released a video exposing a corrupt organization that illegally seized real estate and company assets. The operation targeted individuals including a sitting and a former lawmaker, senior officials from the Presidential Office, and other perpetrators.

The main objective of the criminal organization was to seize valuable real estate and company assets by forging ownership documents and court rulings. These activities resulted in the illegal seizure of assets worth over UAH 248 million in the fall of 2025 and more than UAH 207 million in properties in Kyiv in May 2026. The suspects employed hackers to access the register of legal entities, entering forged documents that falsely transferred ownership to the front men, who were, in fact, bodyguards of one of the scheme's co-organizers.

The scheme organizers also manipulated senior officials of the Justice Ministry to retain control over the seized companies. One of the funds used to finance the scheme was provided by a co-organizer and sitting member of Ukraine’s parliament, who contributed at least $514,000. The video includes audio recordings that reference former deputy head of the Presidential Office, Iryna Mudra, who was later dismissed.

Mudra is heard in Russian in one of the recordings, expressing frustration about not being able to obtain information from NABU and SAPO and discussing the need to systematize and control the anti-corruption system. NABU and SAPO notified the members of the criminal organization of their suspicions under Articles 191, 206-2, 358, and 361 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code on August 19, 2026.