10.11.2024 Kharkiv Money laundering

Syniehubov and Yegorova-Lutsenko make money on the war: European travels for budget money, manipulations with Shlyakh and business in the EU

Харківську облраду очолила Тетяна Єгорова-Луценко | Жінки — це 50% успіху України

Did the conscripted husband of the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Tetiana Yegorova-Lutsenko, illegally cross the border in a company car through the influence of his wife?

The investigation materials revealed that on October 5, 2022, at 8 a.m., Vitaliy Lutsenko, together with his wife’s driver, Valeriy Kliuchko, crossed the border of Ukraine through the Mohyliv-Podilskyi checkpoint towards Moldova in a company car Skoda SuperB (license plate AH 0044 NE). The driver accompanied Lutsenko to the Chisinau airport and then returned to Ukraine.

It should be noted that cars (as well as other property belonging to the regional council) should be used exclusively for official travel. Thus, the Lutsenko family has already committed the first violation.

The question of the grounds for crossing the border by men who are fully liable for military service is of interest. This has not been a secret for a long time – Lutsenko and Kliuchko are registered in the “Shlyakh” system. As it turned out, since 13.06.2022, the men have been volunteers from the Zachepyliv district public organization Football Club Kolos.

I wonder how they helped the Armed Forces and Kharkiv region. With their own trips in a company car?

By the way, the “Shlyakh” pass can only be obtained by submitting a package of documents to the Kharkiv Regional Military District Administration. Before the information is entered into the system, it must be personally certified by the head of the department, i.e., Sinehubov. So what information convinced the head of the Kharkiv region of the charitable motives of the men’s travel abroad? And why hasn’t Sinehubov been charged with assisting hundreds of men in the illegal departure abroad? The list of “volunteers” from the Kolos Football Club is worth a look.

The NABU has every reason to initiate an investigation on the grounds of a criminal offense under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. But for some reason, the case is not becoming real. Therefore, the perpetrators have complete carte blanche to continue distributing Shlyakh passes at the same price.

Although the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has initiated proceedings Nº 42024220000000228 on the grounds of a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine regarding the introduction of false information into the “Shlyakh”, for some reason no real investigation is being conducted. Perhaps because there are top officials of the region among the defendants?

European travels of Yegorova-Lutsenko

The investigation materials also revealed that Yegorova-Lutsenko and her husband Vitaliy managed to visit a number of European countries in the car of the regional council. For example, the cities of Brussels, Barcelona, and the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy.

The husband of the head of the regional council regularly accompanied her during foreign “business trips” or arrived at her place of stay, while he lived and ate at the expense of the budget.

At the same time, Yegorova-Lutsenko was certainly aware that the contract for car services No. 12 did not provide for the use of an official car abroad. Nevertheless, she approved acts to pay for her husband’s travels, which fall under the signs of an official offense.

To make the use of the car abroad look legitimate, Yegorova-Lutsenko single-handedly amended the contract and the Procedure for the Use of Company Cars. This facilitated both personal trips with her husband and increased expenses for foreign trips. And all of this was done at the expense of the community.

Dates of the trips funded by the community:

  • October 14-17, 2022 – Brussels, Belgium
  • March 13-14, 2023 – Brussels, Belgium
  • May 16-19, 2023 – Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • June 28 – July 1, 2023 – Barcelona, Spain
  • July 2-6, 2023 – Brussels, Belgium

The head of the regional council agreed to pay for her husband’s accommodation and meals abroad, knowing that these costs would be borne by the community. The estimated damage is over UAH 150 thousand.

Other officials who escaped thanks to Yegorova-Lutsenko

Another high-profile case of alleged corruption in Kharkiv Oblast that caught our attention: officials of the State Audit Service used official business trips as a cover to travel abroad for private purposes, despite the current restrictions on border crossings by civil servants.

Key facts:

Stanislav Kosinov, the Head of the North-Eastern Office of the State Audit Service, did not have an official business trip abroad in 2023, as stated in the official information of the State Audit Service. However, he illegally crossed the border using forged documents provided by representatives of the Kharkiv Regional Council.

Kosinov reportedly asked the head of the regional council, Tetiana Yegorova-Lutsenko, for a “business trip” to Switzerland. The invitation came from Vladimir Kosterin’s de facto defunct Risk Reduction Foundation.

A similar case occurred with Valeriy Pitko, director of the Ministry of Health’s medical center. He also illegally traveled abroad during his vacation on the basis of a fictitious business trip order No. 127-os of June 20, 2023, issued by the Kharkiv Regional Council.

At the same time, Ukrainian legislation prohibits local councils from issuing orders for business trips for deputies or civil servants who do not work in the council’s office. Accordingly, the issuance of orders No. 127-os, No. 141-os and No. 143-os violates a number of regulations, including the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government” and instructions on business trips.

So why are the NABU and the SAPO still silent? In our post alone, we provided facts for the entire Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and we have not yet published much information… But we sent directly to law enforcement officers copies of documents that directly document the crimes of Yegorova-Lutsenko and her family.

It turns out that the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council is completely indifferent to the war and hostilities in the region. She is only interested in her own interests and traveling abroad at public expense.

In the next part, we will open the veil of the family’s European business, the chronology of transfers and the wallets involved. This will be followed by a series of investigations into how the official stole a $422,000 deal for a restaurant. The funds from which Yegorova-Lutsenko received from the crypto fraudster Prylepa, but neither the French nor the Ukrainian tax authorities know about it. This money was not declared as required by law.
We will soon disclose the details of the fraud – stay tuned.

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