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Former investigator of financial investigations of the Lviv State Fiscal Service Vasyl Sandul and former customs operative Yevhen Kulibaba have come under allegations of possibly organizing schemes to cash out funds, launder shadow income, and move money abroad. After leaving public service they went into business, became lawyers, and created or acquired stakes in a number of security, legal, and trading companies.
In 2020 year Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba started entrepreneurial activity, and in 11 February 2021 year they simultaneously received attorney certificates No.21/2754 and No.21/2744. Both documents listed the same address in Mukachevo. Vasyl Sandul’s wife, Olha, worked as an assistant to a judge of the Sykhiv District Court of Lviv, media write. In 2022 year Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba became co-owners of the security company “Centrix,” each receiving 50% stakes. The company’s charter capital was 3,56 million UAH. Before its current name the company operated under the names “Imperium Zakhyst” and “Legion Bezpeky,” and it also changed founders and legal addresses. Currently an address on Mala Shiyanovska in Kyiv appears among the data linked to the company, and the director is Valeriy Petrenko. Centrix’s financial indicators have varied over recent years. In 2023 year the company declared 6,31 million UAH in losses. In 2024 year it reported 5,25 million UAH in profit on revenue of 13,05 million UAH, and in 2025 year profit was about 537 thousand UAH. These figures do not in themselves indicate illegality, but they characterize the scale of the business that came into focus after its co-owners moved from public service to the private sector. The same Kyiv address is registered to the law association “SK Partners,” where Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba each own 50%. Vasyl Sandul is the head of the association. The association’s revenue is about 2,9 million UAH, and its number of employees grew from four to 14. Through this association the partners are also linked to half of the trading house “Dikaya Vyshnya.” Previously the stake in the trading house was 95%, and the charter capital was 4 million UAH. After corporate changes the capital was reduced to 1 million UAH, and 25% went to Sofiya Stoyanovska and Artur Duda. The company’s director is Ihor Vynnyk. Thus, the corporate structure of the business associated with Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba underwent a number of changes over several years. Separately in this context the construction company “Industrialtown,” previously linked to the partners, is mentioned. In 2023 year it was transferred to Kateryna Doroshenko, who appears in more than 600 companies. Doroshenko also controls 97,28% of the “Ukrainian Factoring Center” with charter capital of 411,2 million UAH and the transport company “Transvion Vector.” The mere fact of an owner change does not prove the continued factual control of previous beneficiaries.
A separate section concerns Vasyl Sandul’s family. His mother, Iryna Sandul, in 2016 year became co-owner of the company “Komina” together with Lyudmyla Malkova and Oksana Filyanska, receiving a 33,33% stake. In the same period she became co-owner of “Pekary” together with Mariya Stoyanovska. “Komina” was previously mentioned in materials about the re-registration of municipal premises in Lviv under the disputed order of the Halych District Administration No.237 dated 4 April 1996 year. Notary Oleh Shchur appeared in the related registration actions. In January 2026 year the Frankivsk District Court of Lviv considered returning to the city a premises of 70,1 sq. m on Volodymyra Velykoho Street, 63. In July Iryna Sandul, Lyudmyla Malkova and former tax official Serhiy Malkov appeared in the registration of another property of more than 3000 sq. m on Panas Myrny Street, 24. According to the cited data, Iryna Sandul is registered as owner of 61 real estate objects, including 18 apartments. At the same time, allegations about a possible network for cashing out funds also concern two importers. One is the company “Radugatoys,” which carried out import operations of at least 800 million UAH. Its owner is listed as 21-year-old Yuriy Yarosch, connected to 17 companies. Another enterprise named is “Triokompani” of Margaryta Kononenko with charter capital of 225 thousand UAH and imports of approximately 150 million UAH. The websites of both importers were registered on 22 October 2025 year at the same time — at 13:27. Full product catalogs, prices, and contact details were absent. At the same time, direct financial transactions between Radugatoys, Triokompani and the companies linked to Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba are not publicly confirmed in the cited materials. Vasyl Sandul is also linked to customs head Orest Mandziy and stories about possible gray import of cars. In this context criminal proceedings No.12026000000001141 and No.12025000000002811 are mentioned. The first concerns the seizure of nearly 104 million UAH in the accounts of “Akvapast,” the second involves the companies “Tradinghaus,” “Seilprom” and “Horyprof.” However, a procedural connection of these criminal proceedings directly to Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba has not been established. Likewise, there are no publicly confirmed data about direct payments between the mentioned importers and the partners’ companies. Therefore information about the possible participation of Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba in schemes to cash out funds, legalize income, or transfer money abroad should be regarded as allegations and versions that require proper procedural confirmation.
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