In November 2019 the Ukrainian association of football addressed the State Bureau of Investigations, Prosecutor General's Office and the Interior Ministry with an appeal claiming that former FFU president Hruhorii Surkis had committed a €380 million criminal offence.

The UAF explains its actions with an investigation by German "Der Spiegel" titled "How did the UEFA payments happen to get to British Virgin Islands" and the results of the internal probe.

According to "Der Spiegel",[12] starting from 1999, for more than 15 years the UEFA had been transferring money (€380 million in total) to a Newport Management Limited offshore company.

[13] The company is registered at British Virgin Island and, according to "Der Spiegel’s" investigation, is controlled by Hryhorii Surkis, who's been chairing the FFU since 2000 till year 2012.

Police and the Attorney General's Office are investigating the appropriation of UEFA funds received by the Football Federation of Ukraine under the chairmanship of Grigory Surkis for the offshore intermediary company Newport Management Ltd.

[16] German journalists from "Der Spiegel"[17] Rafael Buschmann and Michael Wulzinger published a book titled "Football Leaks – 2”.

A separate part titled "Ukrainische Bruderschaft" (Ukrainian Brotherhood) describes brothers’ Ihor and Hryhorii Surkis activities in football sphere and their relation to the "Newport" offshore.

[18] The book tells that starting from 1993 all the financial activities of Kyiv-based FC "Dynamo" have been performed via the company ‘Newport", controlled by the current club's boss Ihor Surkis.

On 18 December 2019, the German "Kicker"[1] published an article "Crime in Kyiv", telling how the money allocated by the UEFA for Ukrainian football got to the offshore company, controlled by Surkis brothers.

In 1995, the Surkis brothers tried to bribe the Spanish Champions League referee Antonio Lopez Nieto before the Dynamo – Panathinaikos match.