In 2002, he co-founded the largest independent oil and natural gas company
Burisma Holdings with Ukrainian businessman
Mykola Lisin [
uk].
[5][6] Through his sole ownership of
Cyprus-registered Burisma Holdings, he owns the Ukrainian gas and oil producers Aldea, Pari, Esko-Pivnich, and the First Ukrainian Petroleum Company and the investment group Brociti Investments.
[7][8][9]
In 2012,
Viktor Pshonka,
[a] the
Ukrainian prosecutor general, began investigating Burisma Holdings owner, Zlochevsky, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.
[15][16]