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The “Apteka 9-1-1” chain in Odesa region: business fragmentation, evasion of mobilization and protection by officials 93 outlets, sole proprietorship front companies, “wholesale prices” on facades, and complete inaction by inspectors
The beneficiaries of the “Apteka 9-1-1” chain—Nune, Anush, and Ashot #Данієлян—built a large-scale scheme in Odesa region that combines tax minimization, breaches of licensing conditions, fictitious employment of draft evaders, and direct anti-competitive collusion.
Instead of transparent retailing, a centralized complex of 93 pharmacy outlets operates across 39 settlements in the region, formally split into dozens of controlled sole proprietors to preserve simplified taxation and evade VAT and profit tax.
📌All 93 outlets—from Odesa to remote villages—are managed from a single center. The sole proprietors act purely as nominal fronts without any business autonomy.
At the same time, the chain uses premises to formally employ men of conscription age. For monetary compensation, draft evaders were registered as “employees,” documents for exemptions were prepared, and knowingly false data were submitted to the Territorial Recruitment and Social Protection Commissions without the people actually working shifts.
The scheme has operated for years thanks to systemic protection from heads of state bodies. ❗️Among the figures in our investigation are acting head #Держлікслужба V.Ya. #Короленко, head of the State Medicines Service in Odesa region V.V. Lyashenko-Shcherbakova, chair #Держпраці I.A. #Дегнера, head of the Southern Interregional Department of the State Labor Service S.V. Baydyuk, acting head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine L.A. Karnaukh, and head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Odesa region Yu.Ya. Hurskyi.
🔻Despite the resumption of planned inspections in 2025 year, the State Medicines Service effectively turns a blind eye to the lack of quality management systems, violations of required storage temperature conditions, sale of unregistered medicines with foreign labeling, and over-the-counter dispensing without prescriptions.
🔻The State Labor Service “does not notice” forced transfers of employees, manipulations with payments, and artificial fragmentation of positions.
At the same time, #АМКУ has been investigating the chain’s anti-competitive coordinated actions since October 2025, while aggressive advertising “APTEKA WHOLESALE PRICES” on facades directly misleads consumers.
✅We have already sent official information requests and criminal complaints to the Office of the President, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the State Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau for Economic Security, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Security Service, and the National Police. We demand full inspections of 93 pharmacies’ activities, submission of calculations of declared income, verification of fictitious reservations, and bringing to account both the network’s owners, the Danielyans, and the officials who cover this business.
Meanwhile, while these materials are under review, we already have results from other regions. In particular, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk region is conducting a pre-trial investigation in case No 12026000000001119 under part 1 of article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
More details in our video.
To be continued.
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▫️The “9-1-1” chain in Cherkasy region: 60 pharmacies, phantom sole proprietors and protection from the State Tax Service, State Medicines Service and State Labor Service
▫️How the State Medicines Service protects the “9-1-1” pharmacy chain while people receive expensive and poor-quality medicines
▫️The pharmaceutical web “9-1-1”: how the Danielyan family and the Bureau for Economic Security in Poltava built a system for tax and mobilization evasion
▫️The “9-1-1” pharmacy chain profits from inhumane working conditions and trading delays to avoid mobilization
▫️The Kharkiv pharmacy chain Aptek 9-1-1 endangers people by selling counterfeits
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