The Stadium Family YouTube channel is shutting down due to its unwillingness to have anything to do with the channel’s producer, Timur Mindich, who is involved in a high-profile corruption scandal.
The Stadium Family YouTube channel is shutting down due to its unwillingness to have anything to do with the channel’s producer, Timur Mindich, who is involved in a high-profile corruption scandal.
STADIUM FAMILY is a creative association that created a unique Ukrainian product.
The channel’s official statement, posted on the community’s social media, reads as follows:
In the credits of the videos, Mindich is listed as a producer.
As a reminder, NABU and SAPO exposed and documented the activities of a criminal organization, which included current and former energy officials, a well-known businessman in the media, and other individuals. Its participants built a large-scale corruption scheme to influence the activities of strategic state-sector enterprises, in particular JSC NNEGC Energoatom.
Currently, detectives have detained 5 people under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and seven of its members have been notified of the suspicion, including:
The main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of illegal benefits from Energoatom’s counterparties in the amount of 10% to 15% of the value of contracts. In particular, Energoatom’s counterparties were imposed conditions for paying kickbacks for avoiding blocking payments for services provided/products supplied or deprivation of supplier status.
This practice was called the «gateway.» The funds were legalized through a back office in the center of Kyiv. About 100 million USD passed through it.
For providing services to non-members of the criminal organization, the office received payment in the form of percentages of the amounts spent. The special operation to document the activities of the criminal organization lasted for more than 15 months — since the summer of 2024. During this time, a large array of data was collected and thousands of hours of audio recordings were obtained. NABU and SAPO are assessing the actions of all participants in these materials.
The main defendant in the case, Timur Mindich, co-owner of the Studio «Kvartal 95», managed to flee abroad. And the government suspended the Minister of Justice Herman Galushchenko from his duties. NABU and SAPO reported suspicion of illegal enrichment to the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. Anti-corruption authorities do not name the official, but the circumstances point to Oleksiy Chernyshov.
