Ex-Zelenskiy Aide Stole to Fund Luxury Home, Prosecutors Say

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s former chief of staff laundered stolen state funds through the construction of luxury real estate, according to Ukrainian prosecutors, even as he worked with the president to fight off Russia’s full-scale invasion.

The multi-million dollar scheme, outlined earlier this week by the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs, opens a new chapter in a scandal that already brought down several allies from Zelenskiy’s inner circle and triggered public outrage over persistent corruption more than four years into Moscow’s war.