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Judge Marmash and his corruption empire: how the Lychakiv court became an instrument of BES and land fraud

The activities of Volodymyr Marmash, a judge of the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv, and his wife, Ivanna Ivaniuk, a judge of the Zaliznychnyi District Court, are a vivid example of how the judicial system can be used for personal interests and corrupt schemes. Undeclared income, hidden property, manipulation of jurisdiction and close ties to the BES are only part of a systemic model that works in the interests of those in power, not the ordinary citizens whom law enforcement and judges are supposed to protect.

Opaque income and undeclared property: what are the spouses of judges from Lviv hiding?

An analysis of the declarations of Volodymyr Marmash, a judge of the Lychakiv District Court, and his wife, Ivanna Ivaniuk, a judge of the Zaliznychnyi District Court, revealed significant discrepancies between their official income and the level of their family’s savings. These discrepancies point to the receipt of illegal benefits, which are legalized through the purchase of movable and immovable property.

For example, between September 24 and December 31, 2024, Ivanna Ivaniuk’s bank accounts at PrivatBank received UAH 16,314.51, which were not reflected in her 2024 declaration. These funds came from individuals and legal entities, in particular:

  1. 01.10.2024 – UAH 502.51 from Pashko Sofia Serhiivna.
  2. 10.10.2024 – UAH 999.00 from MEEST INTERNATIONAL SP. Z O.O.
  3. 22.10.2024 – UAH 2166.00 from MEEST INTERNATIONAL SP. Z O.O.
  4. 18.11.2024 – UAH 2699.00 from United Trading Company Europlus LLC.
  5. 22.11.2024 – UAH 2699.00 from the United Trading Company Europlus LLC.
  6. 06.11.2024 – UAH 1600.00 from BEREZNIUK IRYNA.
  7. 09/24/2024 – 1809.00 UAH from NovaPay, KYIV.
  8. 13.10.2024 – 3840.00 UAH through PTKS c2c, M.KYIV (TASCOMBANK).

According to the NACP’s explanations, all funds received, regardless of their size, are considered income and are subject to declaration, except for gifts exceeding 5 subsistence minimums. However, Ivaniuk deliberately failed to include these amounts in her declaration.

Undeclared property: parking spaces, apartments and land plots

In addition to financial violations, the Marmash-Ivaniuk couple failed to declare a number of real estate objects that they actually use. In particular, Ivanna Ivaniuk has been using parking lot (parking space) No. 21 at 82 Akademika Sakharova St., Lviv, with a total area of 18.5 square meters during 2023-2024. This object formally belongs to her mother, Bohdanna Ivaniuk (born on 14.01.1952), but utility payments for it are made from Marmash’s account at PrivatBank to the account of the Crossword condominium with the note “Parking according to the account. No. ……, B.S. Ivaniuk”.

In addition, Ivaniuk uses other properties registered in her parents’ names, including:

  • Apartments #18 and #19 at 5B Boikivska Street, Lviv.
  • Parking space No. I-11 at the same address.
  • A garden house and a land plot in Solonka village, ST “Zdorovye”.
  • Garage No. 89B, AGC Energetik, Lviv.
  • Garage No. 51, Dnistrovskyi-1, 23a Rakovskoho Street, Lviv.
  • Residential building in the village of Staryi Kropyvnyk, 53 Pershotravneva Street.

These properties, of course, are not listed in the spouses’ declarations.

And if you think that judges resort to such manipulations because of the low level of remuneration, we have real facts that refute this. In particular, according to the information provided by the Territorial Department of the State Judicial Administration in Lviv Oblast, the amount of payments received by Marmash in 2023 amounted to UAH 1,485,296.27, and in 2024 – UAH 1,574,546.81. While his wife received UAH 1,432,256.83 in 2023 and UAH 1,459,292.57 in 2024, respectively.

However, it seems that the amount of accruals does not sufficiently satisfy the needs of judges, which is why they resort to numerous manipulations and unjust decisions not in favor of citizens and the state.

Details of the criminal schemes of BES and Judge Marmash 

It is worth reminding that one of the key elements of the corruption scheme involving Judge Marmash is the manipulation of territorial jurisdiction. The territorial department of the Bureau of Economic Security in Lviv region is officially registered at 67 Kost Levytskoho Street, Lviv. However, in fact, it operates at 35 Stryiska Street, in the Sykhiv district. According to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, cases should be considered in court at the place of the offense, i.e. in the Sykhiv District Court. However, petitions for searches, seizures, property seizures, and blocking of accounts are filed with the Lychakiv District Court using a fictitious address.

An analysis of the Unified State Register of Court Decisions shows that Judge Marmash grants BES motions in 100% of cases, ignoring the parties’ complaints about violations of the law. For example, in case No. 757/46794/23-k, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv canceled the seizure of property, but a month later, Marmash re-imposed the seizure in Lychakivskyi Court (case No. 463/10140/23), which completely coincides with the interests of the BES. Such actions are obviously aimed at “nightmarizing” citizens, forcing them to make decisions favorable to the BES.

In addition, after the publication of the materials on Marmash, the affected citizens also reported that, with the assistance of a judge, fraudulent schemes with land plots are being carried out on behalf of deceased persons. These schemes include the illegal re-registration of land using court decisions made in the Lychakiv court, which we will describe in detail later.

Relations with the top of the BES: Perkhun, Tkachuk, Kozyuk

Investigations also point to Marmash’s close ties to the BES leadership, including Detective Oleksandr Tkachuk, the head of the BES’s Lviv regional office, Andriy Kozyuk, and the acting head of the BES, Serhiy Perkhun, who is at the top of the BES hierarchy.

We have already filed inquiries and complaints about the activities of Marmash and his family, as well as his accomplices, Koziuk and Tkachuk, with law enforcement and regulatory authorities. However, we have not yet received a response, which only increases suspicions about the BES’s influence on the judicial system.

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