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There are currently nine defendants and three convicted persons in the case.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have referred to court a case of an organized criminal group that took control of Kyiv city administration land decisions in order to acquire parcels for development.
This was reported by NABU's press service.
The Bureau noted that the scheme was uncovered thanks to the "Clean City" operation. The criminals used the so-called "toilet scheme"—they registered primitive structures on plots to obtain land allegedly for their maintenance out of competition.
The group included officials of the Kyiv City State Administration and members of the city council.
"The head of the criminal organization, a publicly known former Kyiv City Council deputy, through a wide circle of influential acquaintances controlled land and budget decisions, appointments and dismissals of KCSA and KMR officials," NABU stated.
Over 2023-2024 years, the criminals planned to seize land belonging to Kyiv's territorial community worth more than 70 million hryvnias. However, thanks to the actions of NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors, this was prevented.
"To conceal their criminal activity, the defendants used covert measures: special communications, pseudonyms, counter-surveillance. Yet in February 2025 year NABU and SAPO uncovered the criminal organization," the statement reads.
In January 2026 year the investigation was completed. Currently there are nine defendants and three convicted persons in the case.
What is known about the case
6 February last year it was reported that NABU and SAPO carried out a large-scale operation "Clean City," resulting in the exposure and termination of the criminal organization led by former Kyiv City Council deputy Denys Komarnytsky.
The scheme involved seeking promising land plots and registering ownership rights to structures on those plots for controlled individuals, even though no such structures existed on the land. Then applications were submitted to the city council to grant ownership rights to the plots for servicing these structures, enabling avoidance of bidding.
City council deputies and KCSA officials ensured the adoption of decisions granting the respective land rights, for which they received illicit gains in the form of money and real estate.
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