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Million Losses and Inflated Prices: National Police Investigate New Corruption Facts at Municipal Enterprises “Informatika” and “Kyivteleservice”
The Kyiv National Police continue to record possible corruption offenses by officials of the municipal enterprise “Informatika” and the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice,” as well as their contractors and suppliers. Thus, in the context of one of the cases previously reported, the director of LLC “Security Hub”—the company that supplied equipment to “Informatika” for the municipal video surveillance system—received a suspicion notice. According to the investigation, this individual may be involved in causing damage to Kyiv’s budget in the amount of 1,6 million hryvnias by overpricing the goods. Similar circumstances are being investigated by law enforcement in another case involving a different supplier—in that case no suspicions have yet been issued. In addition, the National Police became interested in the execution of 21 contracts with a total amount of 692,8 million hryvnias that “Kyivteleservice” concluded with 7 companies—this concerns the now-familiar “too expensive” equipment, part of which, moreover, was received by the suppliers as international charitable aid.
As KV has learned, city law enforcement officers are examining further facts of possible corruption offenses by officials of the municipal enterprise “Informatika” and the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice.”
The relevant circumstances are being investigated within criminal proceedings No. 42025102040000061 dated 4 September 2025, No. 42026102100000003 dated 8 January 2026, and No. 12026000000000345 dated 5 February 2026. The first case was opened by the Dnipro police department of the Kyiv National Police, the second by Obolon, and the third by the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
The subjects of these three proceedings are preliminarily accused of committing a crime under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code (CC) of Ukraine—embezzlement, misappropriation of property, or seizure of property by abuse of official position, committed on a particularly large scale or by an organized group. The sanctions of this article provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to twelve years with disqualification from holding certain positions for up to three years and confiscation of property.
Recall that within proceeding No. 42025102040000061 law enforcement are investigating alleged “budget skimming” in the procurement of equipment for the capital’s integrated video surveillance system, namely radio signal transmission equipment with receiving devices. These technical devices were purchased by the municipal enterprise “Informatika” from LLC “Security Hub” under a contract dated 22 May 2025. According to that agreement, the company was to deliver to the municipal enterprise 174 sets of the specified equipment with a total value of 13,4 million hryvnias. But as a result, LLC “Security Hub” received less money from “Informatika”—12,6 million hryvnias.
During this investigation, law enforcement learned that the expected cost of this procurement was inflated. According to the National Police, at the direction of one of the deputy directors of the municipal enterprise “Informatika,” two officials of that municipal enterprise sent requests to five companies that supply such equipment to obtain commercial proposals specifying the cost of this equipment. Among those companies was LLC “Security Hub.” Later, based on the responses (i.e., the commercial proposals themselves), the “desired” price was determined. According to the investigation’s version, this violated the legally established procedure for determining the procurement cost—it should have been more comprehensive and should have included monitoring of open sources.
Moreover, according to the results of forensic commodity and forensic economic examinations conducted in this proceeding, investigators found that the price of the Pelco SRXP4-5V29-EBT-IR IP cameras supplied to “Informatika” under that contract was higher than the market price of such equipment at the time of purchase. As a result, the National Police established that Kyiv’s city budget suffered losses in the amount of 1,6 million hryvnias.
On 19 June 2026 law enforcement notified the aforementioned deputy director of the municipal enterprise “Informatika” (his surname is not indicated in the court rulings for that case due to the presumption of innocence; there is no public information about the deputy heads of this enterprise), as well as the head of LLC “Security Hub” (apparently referring to Pavlo Polyak. – KV). Both were charged under the aforementioned part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
At the same time, law enforcement accuses the supplier company’s director not only of signing the documents for that procurement (contract, delivery notes, etc.). According to the investigation’s version, this official also ensured that, in addition to LLC “Security Hub,” two other companies—LLC “Engineering-Analytics” and LLC “Security Infrastructure”—sent “correct” commercial proposals to the municipal enterprise “Informatika.” It is alleged that these business entities are connected with LLC “Security Hub,” and in their commercial proposals the prices of the goods were substantially inflated.
It should be noted that in the early stages of the investigation, in 2025, law enforcement examined a larger number of possible violations, not only by officials of the municipal enterprise “Informatika,” but also by officials of the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice” and the municipal enterprise “Main Information and Computing Center”—two other enterprises subordinate to the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the Kyiv City State Administration (ICT KSCA).
At that time investigators assumed that these municipal employees may have carried out alleged “schemes” in the procurement of equipment and services at inflated prices from controlled companies. In total, law enforcement looked at 37 contracts with a total value of 918 million hryvnias. First of all, the National Police were interested in works on the implementation of the much-troubled video surveillance system, handled by LLC “Ukrainian Infosystems,” LLC “Techcom-Service,” and the aforementioned LLC “Security Hub.” However, subsequently either law enforcement did not find sufficient confirmation of their versions, or they decided to focus on those possible violations that are easier to prove. That is likely why only two people have so far received suspicions, and moreover—only “for one contract.”
The procurement of equipment for the video surveillance system is also being examined by investigators within case No. 42026102100000003. This concerns a contract dated 24 September 2024, which was concluded between the municipal enterprise “Informatika” and the aforementioned LLC “Techcom-Service.” Under that agreement, the company was to supply the municipal enterprise with network cameras, memory cards, brackets, connection brackets and other components, as well as services related to the delivery of that equipment, for 25,7 million hryvnias. The court rulings in that proceeding do not currently specify which crimes were committed by officials of “Informatika” and/or “Techcom-Service.” However, it is known that investigators have “information that may indicate a significant overstatement of the cost of certain items of the procurement subject compared to the purchase price of the corresponding nomenclature of goods.”
As for proceeding No. 12026000000000345, law enforcement became interested in alleged violations in the procurement by the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice” of network equipment, software and various services.
Overall, law enforcement turned their attention to 21 such contracts with a total amount of 692,8 million hryvnias that were concluded over 2024–2025 years with seven companies, namely: LLC “Billintech Ukraine” (5 contracts worth 238,1 million hryvnias), LLC “Ukrainian Infosystems” (4 contracts worth 213,9 million), LLC “Ukrinformsystems” (1 contract worth 68,3 million), LLC “V M G” (5 contracts worth 62,2 million), LLC “Softnet Group” (3 contracts worth 54,5 million), LLC “VM Construction” (2 contracts worth 39,9 million) and LLC “Technologies for Business” (1 contract worth 15,6 million).
According to the National Police, all of the listed business entities before supplying equipment to “Kyivteleservice” purchased it from controlled companies that show signs of being fictitious. In addition, investigators preliminarily established that such purchases were made at inflated prices, and the “extra” funds were subsequently transferred to the accounts of business entities showing signs of being fictitious—in order to convert them into cash and then dispose of them. Law enforcement also established that part of the equipment and software was received by the above-mentioned suppliers as international charitable aid and was sold to “Kyivteleservice” for budget funds. In addition, investigators found another interesting detail: according to their data, officials of LLC “Billintech Ukraine,” in order to obtain illicit benefits for themselves, carry out fictitious reservation of employees, which allows those employees to receive deferments from conscription during mobilization.
Note that in the context of the last two cases, law enforcement do not name even approximate amounts of losses—apparently investigators will release any numbers only after the relevant forensic examinations are carried out.
What is known about the subjects involved
All of the aforementioned contractors and suppliers are active participants in tenders conducted by various municipal and state structures of Ukraine. Most of them primarily cooperate with enterprises subordinate to the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the Kyiv City State Administration (KSCA)—namely the municipal enterprises “Informatika,” the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice,” and the municipal enterprise “Main Information and Computing Center” (“MICC”). The largest “portfolio” of such cooperation belongs to LLC “Billintech Ukraine”—the company has signed a total of 132 contracts worth 2,65 billion hryvnias, of which 42 contracts worth 1,3 billion were signed with “Kyivteleservice” and 13 contracts worth 129,4 million—with “Informatika.”
As for the other business entities, LLC “Technologies for Business” has on its record 1,5 thousand contracts worth 1,5 billion hryvnias (including 2 contracts with “Kyivteleservice” worth 137,1 million and 1 a contract with “MICC” worth 6,8 million), LLC “VM Construction”—72 contracts worth 1,1 billion (24 contracts with “Kyivteleservice” worth 737,4 million and 6 contracts with “Informatika” worth 36,4 million), LLC “Ukrainian Infosystems”—298 contracts worth 1,1 billion (31 contract worth 612,6 million with “Informatika” and 25 contracts worth 472,8 million with “Kyivteleservice”), LLC “V M G”—132 contracts worth 803,4 million (23 contracts with “Kyivteleservice” worth 219,7 million, 5 contracts with “MICC” worth 45,5 million and 4 contracts with “Informatika” worth 8,4 million), LLC “Ukrinformsystems”—226 contracts worth 779,1 million (144 contracts with “Kyivteleservice” worth 361,6 million and 17 contracts with “Informatika” worth 325,9 million), LLC “Security Hub”—86 contracts worth 363,5 million (49 contracts with “Informatika” worth 258,2 million), LLC “Softnet Group”—46 contracts worth 361,3 million (22 contracts with “Kyivteleservice” worth 305 million and 2 contracts with “Informatika” worth 19,6 million), and LLC “Techcom-Service”—118 contracts worth 222,8 million (44 contracts with “Informatika” worth 205,8 million and 1 a contract with “Kyivteleservice” worth 939,9 thousand).
As KV has repeatedly reported, the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice” and the municipal enterprise “Informatika” have regularly appeared over recent years in various law enforcement investigations into possible embezzlement of city budget funds.
Thus, since 2023 the National Police have been investigating facts of embezzlement of funds by officials of the municipal enterprise “Informatika” in the procurement of equipment for video surveillance systems and control of street lighting. Investigators are convinced that such procurements are not critically necessary during wartime and therefore threaten the state’s national security. In addition, according to them, at least 1,29 million budget hryvnias may have been embezzled in the implementation of just one of many such contracts—from 12 April 2024, abuse of official position is officially charged to the former head of the procurement department of “Informatika.” Thus, the “collection” of cases regarding “skimming” during the implementation of the aforementioned systems—which over the past years have “consumed” more than 1 billion budget hryvnias and which, moreover, operate with questionable effectiveness—continues to grow.
However, to date none of the alleged subjects of the mentioned cases has yet received a suspicion.
In addition, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv is currently considering an indictment against the former general director and the acting deputy head of the municipal enterprise “Informatika,” Veronika Malkova (it was during her “tenure” that contracts with “Ukrainian Infosystems,” which interested the SBU’s Economic Security Bureau, were concluded. – KV). She is currently officially accused of disseminating data from those very street surveillance cameras. For this crime the official faces up to 5 years imprisonment, but what the final verdict of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court will be remains to be seen.
Investigators established that Malkova, together with two other people—one of whom was her subordinate—helped citizens, in particular, establish routes of vehicle movements across the city. They called this process “search,” and the then-head of “Informatika” allegedly had the call sign “Auntie.” Meanwhile, the KSCA and the Kyiv City Council did not “sound the alarm”—Malkova returned to work after her suspension in March 2023, and the initiative by the council deputies to create a special commission to investigate such incidents was never officially established.
There were also scandals in the capital’s digitalization sphere in the summer of 2025. In July law enforcement notified an official of the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice” of suspicion for official negligence, through which the city treasury may have lost nearly 51 million hryvnias. This concerns funds that were “overpaid” to the aforementioned LLC “VM Construction Ukraine” for the supply and maintenance of network equipment (switches, power supplies)—it cost the city community 2,5 times more than the market price. In turn, the court, due to expiration of the statute of limitations, released from liability the deputy director of the municipal enterprise “Informatika,” Ihor Buryak, who was accused under the same article. This official was accused of the “loss” of a number of units of various equipment (including computer equipment), which in 2018 cost the enterprise 466,6 thousand hryvnias and later simply “vanished into thin air,” as recorded during inventory. To date it remains unknown where all that “electronics” went—no public explanations have been provided.
And in 2022 auditors of the KSCA recorded violations in the work of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the KSCA and three municipal enterprises subordinate to it (“Informatika,” “MICC,” and “Kyivteleservice”). At that time it was revealed that in 2018–2020 years these structures allowed financial violations totaling 274,86 million hryvnias, which led to the loss of about 61,33 million in budget funds. In particular, these enterprises purchased equipment that was then not used, paid their contractors “extra” remuneration for services rendered, held tenders at inflated prices, failed to implement more than two dozen digital services (for example, payment for meals at kindergartens through the “Personal Kyiv Resident Account”), and so on.
Note that since 5 September 2024, the duties of director of the specialized municipal enterprise “Kyivteleservice” have been performed by Oleksandr Voloshchuk (in the collage on the left; by his “primary” position he is deputy head of this enterprise for cybersecurity). Before him, since March 2024, the enterprise was headed in the same capacity by Oleksandr Bystrushkin. The latter replaced another acting head—Pavlo Chernikov—who “temporarily” led “Kyivteleservice” since February 2021.
The duties of general director of the municipal enterprise “Informatika” have been performed by Mykola Zhandorov since 8 February 2024. His predecessors in this position were Olena Hrublyak (from 27 March 2023), the aforementioned Veronika Malkova (from 6 September 2021 until 27 March 2023), and Mykola Pykhtin (from October 2017 until September 2021).
Both enterprises, as noted above, are subordinate to the ICT Department of the KSCA, which since 25 August 2023 has been headed by Viktoriia Itskovych. She replaced Oleh Polovynka in that position, who led this structure since 27 August 2021. Earlier, from 3 March 2017 until 29 April 2020, the department was headed by Yurii Nazarov, who was the “face of digitalization in Kyiv” and whose person is also associated with numerous violations in this sphere. After his dismissal and until Polovynka’s appointment, the ICT Department of the KSCA was run by Hanna Lysyk as acting director.
The ICT Department of the KSCA is currently overseen by KSCA Deputy Head Valentyn Mondriivskyi. Before him, from April 2021 until March 2025, the capital’s digitalization sphere was overseen by another deputy of Vitalii Klychko—Petro Olenych. The latter, recall, was dismissed in March 2025 after receiving a suspicion in a case regarding possible machinations with municipal land plots.
Author: Oleksandr Hlazunov
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