There was so much corrupt money in Ukraine's energy sector that it was difficult to even carry. This was the case, according to one of the defendants, who complained that he had difficulty carrying 1.6 million hryvnias.

Furthermore, bundles of dollars marked ATLANTA SERIES 96 and KAN CITY SERIES 96 are official packages of the US Federal Reserve System, used only for transporting cash between banks and are not released into free circulation.

These bundles of money could not have been issued to the defendants by any bank in the world, meaning they were funds from Western partners, provided to Ukraine as aid, and stolen immediately upon arrival, without even being opened.