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50 million dollars a month and criminal cases: how Bolokhovets, Zubovych and Kucher ended up in the “Lisy Ukrayiny” story
$50 million in cash every month — that informal “plan” was allegedly discussed within the forestry vertical. Separately, another $5–10 million was supposed to go to the team. At the same time, this is not an established fact in the investigation but information from sources, although some figures in this story are already involved in actual criminal proceedings.
This was reported by “Vykryvach” citing sources in law enforcement agencies.
In July 2025 the State Bureau of Investigations detained the former head of the SE “Lisy Ukrayiny,” Yurii Bolokhovets. He was suspected of illegal enrichment in criminal proceeding No. 62023000000001002.
According to the investigation, Bolokhovets was found to have assets worth 10,4 million UAH, while at least 7,9 million UAH of the difference between his income and assets he could not explain. Among the assets was an apartment in Kyiv worth more than 9 million UAH and 8 plots of land.
Separately, NGL.media reported about a “khutir” in Ivanhorod associated with Bolokhovets’ relatives and acquaintances covering more than 80 ha. The property included lakes and a stable.
Initially the court set Bolokhovets’ bail at nearly 91 million UAH, but later its amount was reduced. In 2026 the suspicion was canceled due to a procedural problem with the recording of the court hearing. At the same time, the criminal proceeding itself did not cease to exist.
After Bolokhovets, the state enterprise was headed by former Deputy Minister of Economy Ihor Zubovych. According to sources, the new leadership allegedly received the same informal financial target, but the actual collections, they said, turned out to be much lower than expected.
At the same time, for Zubovych’s first full month on the job he was officially paid 732 thousand UAH in salary.
Another surname that appears in this story is Oleksii Kucher, former head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration and head of the State Regulatory Service.
In April 2025 Kucher headed the supervisory board of “Lisy Ukrayiny,” and in February 2026 he left that position. Separately, a possible illegal payment of more than 6 million UAH to members of the supervisory board is being investigated. Publications mention criminal proceeding No. 42025000000001058 under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Kucher himself denied the illegality of the payments and called the criminal proceeding pressure. His simultaneous holding of the position of head of the State Regulatory Service and work on the supervisory board also became the subject of public complaints due to possible restrictions provided by anti-corruption legislation.
In the same context Taras Vysotsky is mentioned. NABU and SAP transferred his case regarding the procurement of food with state funds to court. According to the investigation, intermediaries used inflated prices, and the possible amount of damages is estimated at approximately 64 million UAH.
In one episode, according to the investigation, the price per kilogram of products rose roughly from 30 to 75 UAH.
At the regional level, sources also name the head of the Slobozhanskyi Forestry Office, Oleksandr Lysenko. This concerns a possible story involving industrial timber and cash. However, there is currently no open data on a specific criminal proceeding number for this episode, so it cannot be presented as a proven scheme.
As a result, two different parts of this story emerge.
On one hand — information from sources about an alleged informal plan of $50 million in cash monthly and an additional $5–10 million “for the team.” This is not yet an established fact in the investigation, but claims from sources that still need to be confirmed or refuted.
On the other hand — fully real criminal proceedings and law enforcement claims: the Bolokhovets case No. 62023000000001002, the property story covering more than 80 ha, proceeding No. 42025000000001058 regarding payments to the supervisory board, and Vysotsky’s case, which mentions possible damages of 64 million UAH.
And that is why the main question about this story now sounds as concretely as possible: who set the “plan” mentioned by sources at $50 million, to whom were these funds supposed to be handed, and how much money, if such a scheme really existed, was collected before NABU and other law enforcement agencies took a greater interest in the forestry vertical’s activities.
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50 million dollars a month and criminal cases: how Bolokhovets, Zubovych and Kucher ended up in the “Lisy Ukrayiny” story
50 million dollars a month and criminal cases: how Bolokhovets, Zubovych and Kucher ended up in the “Lisy Ukrayiny” story
50 million dollars a month and criminal cases: how Bolokhovets, Zubovych and Kucher ended up in the “Lisy Ukrayiny” story
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