Head of Ukraine's anti-corruption prosecutor's office reveals 'Femida' operation was first code-named 'Disneiland'
SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko said the operation later known as 'Femida' was initially code-named 'Disneiland' because the main suspect was nicknamed 'Miky Maus,' and was split into the 'Forest Gamp' and 'Femida' cases as the scheme developed. The cases target an alleged criminal organization that investigators say included a deputy head of the Office of the President, a former MP, state bank officials and a former head of financial monitoring at Sense Bank, with the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) setting preventive measures for several suspects in August and early September.
Key points
- SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko said the operation was first code-named 'Disneiland' because the main suspect was nicknamed 'Miky Maus,' and later split into 'Forest Gamp' and 'Femida' as the scheme developed.
- On 19 August, NABU and SAPO said they had notified a number of officials of suspicion of laundering criminally obtained funds in the 'Forest Gamp' case.
- On 20 August, NABU said it had also notified participants of a criminal organization of suspicion in the 'Femida' case, which the investigation says targeted real estate and other assets of legal entities through unauthorized interference in the Ministry of Justice's information networks and forgery of court decisions and ownership documents.
- Investigators say on 29 June the suspects arranged the posting of a UAH 150 million bail for a figure in the 'Midas' case using illegal funds.
- According to the investigation, the group included a deputy head of the Office of the President, a former MP, the chairman of the board of a state bank, the chairman of the supervisory board of a state bank and others; searches were conducted at then deputy head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra.
- On 19 August, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Iryna Mudra from the post of deputy head of the Office of the President; she later said she had herself submitted the resignation request.
- On 25 August, the HACC chose detention with an alternative of UAH 20 million bail for Mudra; the HACC Appeals Chamber later upheld the measure unchanged.
- The HACC chose detention with an alternative of UAH 30 million bail for former MP Maksym Mykytas; on 1 September the HACC Appeals Chamber upheld the measure unchanged.
- According to Transparency International Ukraine, on 21 August an HACC investigating judge chose detention with an alternative of UAH 7 million bail for Office of the President official Viktor Dubovyk, who subsequently left the pre-trial detention facility upon posting bail.
- The HACC chose bail of UAH 3 million as a preventive measure for former head of Sense Bank's financial monitoring department Liudmyla Snihur.
Why it matters
The 'Femida' and 'Forest Gamp' cases target alleged large-scale corruption reaching the Office of the President and state banks. A sitting deputy head of the Office of the President — Iryna Mudra — was dismissed, searched and placed in custody, marking a high-profile anti-corruption action against the presidential office, and the cases sit within the broader NABU/SAPO drive that has implicated former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko via the related 'Midas' case.
What happened
SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko said the 'Femida' operation had originally been code-named 'Disneiland,' because the main suspect was nicknamed 'Miky Maus,' and was later split into the 'Forest Gamp' and 'Femida' cases as the scheme developed; he explained that detectives and prosecutors avoid using suspects' real names in informal communication to prevent information leaks, including possible surveillance by the SBU.
On 19 August, NABU and SAPO said they had notified a number of officials of suspicion of laundering criminally obtained funds in the 'Forest Gamp' case, and on 20 August NABU said it had also notified participants of a criminal organization of suspicion in the 'Femida' case. According to investigators, on 29 June the suspects arranged the posting of a UAH 150 million bail for a figure in the 'Midas' case using illegal funds. The investigation says the group included a deputy head of the Office of the President, a former MP, the chairman of the board of a state bank, the chairman of the supervisory board of a state bank and others; searches were conducted at then deputy head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra. The HACC set preventive measures for several suspects in August and early September: on 25 August, detention with an alternative of UAH 20 million bail for Mudra, upheld unchanged on appeal; detention with an alternative of UAH 30 million bail for former MP Maksym Mykytas, upheld unchanged on appeal on 1 September; according to Transparency International Ukraine, on 21 August an HACC investigating judge chose detention with an alternative of UAH 7 million bail for Office of the President official Viktor Dubovyk, who subsequently left the pre-trial detention facility upon posting bail; and bail of UAH 3 million for former head of Sense Bank's financial monitoring department Liudmyla Snihur.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
The Ukrainian sources focus on operational and procedural details of the NABU/SAPO investigation, including code names and the rationale for using them, and emphasize searches, notifications of suspicion, and the specific preventive measures chosen by the HACC for individual suspects.
Where reporting differs
Whether Iryna Mudra's departure from the Office of the President was a dismissal by President Zelensky or her own resignation request.