Ukraine Anti-Corruption Agencies Wrap Up Probe Into “Golden Mandarin” Case

Ukraine’s NABU and SAPO completed a pretrial investigation into the “Golden Mandarin” case, alleging that a former MP and associates used Zolotoy Mandarin Oil and a misleading ECHR “friendly settlement” to siphon 54.179 million hryvnias from the state by misrepresenting a private debt dispute; investigators say the claim had been assigned and paid earlier, key facts were concealed from the court, and the funds were laundered, with case materials now opened to the defense and a 2024 ECHR ruling deeming the application inadmissible for abuse of the right to complain.