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Land fraud in Kyiv: 1,9 ha through phantom houses, straw owners, notaries and a seal for 150 UAH
In Kyiv two schemes are being investigated for registering 1,8863 ha of city land through non-existent buildings. Near Zhulyany Airport four fake houses of 16,6–26,1 m² were used to obtain 0,6174 ha; on Maksymovycha paper 70 m² were used to control 1,2689 ha. Police found vacant lots, although the real estate had already been resold, contributed to company capitals and used as collateral. The scheme involves notaries, cadastral officials, surveyors and a former assistant to an MP, reports Telegraf.
On Medova, 6-A and 6-B, cadastre 8000000000:72:260:0014 and 0015, in the summer of 2021 they registered four houses and garages using technical passports from JSC “GROSH TSENA” (EDRPOU 36062365) of Oleksandr Severyn — Donetsk region, Drobyshchevo, capital 53 thousand UAH. On site there were bushes and trash. The properties were resold twice through straw persons, converted to non-residential and 22.12.2021 contributed to the capitals of DEVELOPMENT ESTATE (39833038) and HOLOSIIVEO REAL ESTATE (39812353). Both are 100% owned by Kyryll Tarasevych, former assistant to MP Volodymyr Kaplienko. Capitals — 1,202 and 1,281 million UAH. He also owns UKRAINIAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE (37635443), which conducts examinations of SS2–SS3 class objects.
In January 2022 the parcels were entered into the cadastre through Khmelnytskyi region without a Kyiv City Council decision and without KCSA approval. The unit was led by Vasyl Vasylenko, who later became the subject of a separate SBI investigation. Land surveyor Serhii Chernokon admitted preparing documentation without visiting the site, but kept his certificate. Under case No. 42022102060000026 dated 27.01.2022 they are investigating fraud, official overreach and document forgery — arts. 190, 356, 358 of the Criminal Code. The investigation checked IP addresses and the actions of more than ten notaries, seized State GeoCadastre documents on Velyka Vasylkivska, 69. In July 2025 the land arrest was maintained. Under claim No. 910/6938/26 the prosecutor’s office seeks to cancel the registration of the phantom 26,1 m², decision No. 62549341, section No. 2430742980000 and cadastre 0015 totaling 0,3048 ha. On 7 September 2026 the case began to be reconsidered after a change of judge.
On Maksymovycha, 22/1 “HIGH-TECH BUILDING” (41254570) of Kostiantyn Malunov and Oleksandr Kaidan owns a real building of 70 m² valued at 2,916 million UAH. Kyiv City Council approved the lease of 03.10.2023, a ten-year contract was signed on 07.08.2024. Meanwhile on parcel 8000000000:72:277:0006 they issued technical passport No. TI01:9663-2351-2783-8099 dated 26.01.2022 and certificate No. 180122-1021 with GROSH TSENA details for a non-existent building at Maksymovycha, 24-D, which KCSA had not assigned. On 8 February a notary prepared application No. 50874990; on 11 they opened section No. 2580112080000; on 16 the phantom was resold under agreement No. 95. On 10.08.2023 the buyer mortgaged 350 thousand UAH in favor of her mother — agreement No. 512, entry No. 51316804. According to decision No. 126844385, the investigation found that the buyer knew there was no building and was interested specifically in the land.
Under case No. 42024102090000164 dated 05.12.2024, arts. 190 and 362 of the Criminal Code, police are checking actions of RIKK (EDRPOU 34956361), which journalists link to Ruslan Kyrychenko. During a search 21.03.2025 they seized phones and the technical inventory archive from 2015–2017 years. On 24 April the court refused to arrest the seized property due to insufficient justification. KCSA’s response No. 055-2787 dated 18.02.2025 confirms the absence of address 24-D.
The scheme uses part 2 of art. 134 of the Land Code, which allows the owner of a building to receive land without an auction. DPT project No. 08/231-1973/PR for the real parcel passed through Kyiv City Council secretary Volodymyr Bondarenko, mayor Vitali Klitschko and the commission of Mykhailo Terentiev; deputy Viktoriia Ptashnyk advocated preserving the agricultural designation. GROSH TSENA denies producing fake technical passports: company representatives said any seal can be produced for 150 UAH.
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