The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) served a notice of suspicion on businessman and former Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council member Vasyl Astion for involvement in a criminal organization focused on raiding and money laundering.

NABU and SAPO have expanded the circle of suspects in the case of a criminal organisation specialising in raids, property fraud and the laundering of criminal assets.

Vasyl Astion was involved in the raiding of two companies with assets worth UAH 248 million.

Astion helped launder criminal proceeds to be posted as bail for a member of another criminal organisation in the Midas case.

NABU and SAPO charged Vasyl Astion on Aug. 28 in a case involving corporate raiding, property fraud, and money laundering.

Astion was served with a notice of suspicion for participating in a criminal organization involved in corporate raiding and money laundering.

Astion allegedly helped secure favorable court rulings and laundered proceeds used to post bail for Herman Halushchenko.

The investigation involves corporate raiding of two companies with combined assets valued at UAH 248 million.

NABU and SAPO searched premises linked to Vadym Stolar and Iryna Mudra as part of the operation.

Mykola Hladyshenko was removed as chairman of the supervisory board of Sense Bank on Aug. 19.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced on Aug. 20 that the Ministry of Finance was ordered to accelerate the sale of Sense Bank.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on Aug. 19 ousting Iryna Mudra from her post as deputy head of the Presidential Office.

EU ambassadors met with heads of Ukraine's anti-graft agencies on Aug. 21 to pledge continued support.