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Ex-Zelensky Aide Charged in $3.28M Embezzlement Scheme

1/21/2026

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Rostyslav Shurma, former deputy chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, was charged with embezzlement and money laundering.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau identified nine suspects, including Shurma's brother, in a scheme that embezzled $3.28 million via false solar-power payments in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Investigators have searched Shurma's premises in Germany, where he resides, and note the solar plants were non-operational due to the war, while payments continued under the green tariff.

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Story summary

Rostyslav Shurma, former deputy chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, was charged with embezzlement and money laundering.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau identified nine suspects, including Shurma's brother, in a scheme that embezzled $3.28 million via false solar-power payments in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Investigators have searched Shurma's premises in Germany, where he resides, and note the solar plants were non-operational due to the war, while payments continued under the green tariff.