An investigating judge at the High Anti-Corruption Court has changed the preventive measure for Andrii Yermak, the former head of the Office of the President, who is suspected of laundering illegally obtained funds. The SAPO press service reported this on 11 November on Facebook.
On 10 November, the investigating judge partially granted a motion by a SAPO prosecutor to extend the obligations imposed on Andrii Yermak. However, the judge replaced the requirement not to leave Kyiv and a number of regions without permission with the option to travel throughout the country.
“By its decision, the court changed the procedural obligation previously imposed on him not to leave, without permission, the city of Kyiv and Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions, with the possibility of transit through other regions,” the prosecutor’s office said.
Andrii Yermak’s lawyers asked the court not to extend the obligations because of their client’s participation in a project of the National Association of Ukraine. SAPO did not specify which project was meant, but Yermak is the initiator of the “Lawyer +” military consultation programme.
The prosecutor noted that the imposed obligations do not hinder the implementation of the project, in which Yermak acts as its head rather than as one of the dozens of lawyers who directly provide legal assistance.
What is Andrii Yermak accused of?
On 11 May, NABU reported that it had served a notice of suspicion on the former head of the Office of the President under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (legalisation (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means, committed by an organised group or on an especially large scale). The sanction under the article provides for imprisonment for a term of eight to twelve years, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years, and with confiscation of property.
The case concerns the construction of the “Dynasty” cottage development in Kozyn, first reported by Bihus.info journalists back in July 2025.
Investigators found that Bloom Development LLC, in which Oleksii Chernyshov owned a stake, purchased 4 hectares of land in Kozyn. After Chernyshov became head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, he transferred his stake in the company to his wife. In 2020 he headed the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development, and in May this year, according to the investigation, the idea of building cottages emerged.
According to the investigation, Chernyshov formed a team of people under his control who built “Dynasty”. The construction, however, was planned for as much as 8 hectares—twice the area. In June 2020, Chernyshov brought into the construction of “Dynasty” a figure known by the nickname Carlson—Tymur Mindich. Around the same time, a participant in R2 (residence-2) was also brought into the project—presumably Andrii Yermak.
In June 2021, construction began and the legalisation of funds started, some of which had been obtained through a criminal scheme at Energoatom.
In 2024, the project participants began looking for ways to legalise the money spent on the houses.
In July 2025, to avoid the exposure of the money-laundering scheme and following the service of a notice of suspicion on Chernyshov, Mindich decided to mothball the construction.
The day after Yermak, six more people received notices of suspicion in the case, including former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov.
Yermak rejects the allegations.
On 14 May, the court ordered Yermak to be held in custody with the option of bail set at UAH 140 million. On 18 May, the full amount was raised and the former head of the Office of the President was released from pre-trial detention. On 10 August, the court allowed Yermak to travel around the regions, guided by one-off requests from commanders. And in September, the judge allowed the electronic monitoring device to be removed from Yermak due to a “threat to health”.