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Former tax officers Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba: imports of 950 million hryvnias and dozens of real estate properties
Former investigator of the Lviv State Fiscal Service Vasyl Sandul and former customs operative Yevhen Kulibaba are at the center of a publication about possible schemes for cashing out funds, laundering shadow income, and moving money abroad. The piece mentions a security business, law firms, importers with operations of almost 950 million UAH, and real estate in Lviv.
This is reported by «Vykryvach».
According to the publication, in 2020 Sandul and Kulibaba registered entrepreneurial activity, and in February 2021 they almost simultaneously received certificates permitting them to practice law. Both listed the same address in Mukachevo. Sandul’s wife Olga, the article notes, worked as an assistant to a judge of the Sykhiv District Court of Lviv.
Security business and law firms
In 2022 the partners founded a security company, Centrix, with authorized capital of 3,56 million UAH. According to Vykryvach, the company changed its name, founders, and legal addresses.
The company’s financial results varied significantly by year. In 2023 it reported a loss of 6,31 million UAH; in 2024 it had a profit of 5,25 million UAH on revenue of 13,05 million UAH. In 2025 profit fell to 537 thousand hryvnias.
At the same Kyiv address operates the law association SK Partners, in which Sandul and Kulibaba each hold 50% shares. Sandul is the director. The association’s revenue is 2,9 million UAH, and the number of employees, the publication reports, rose from 4 to 14 people.
Through this association the partners also control half of the trading house Dika Vyshnia. They previously owned 95% of the company, whose authorized capital was 4 million UAH. Later the capital was reduced to 1 million UAH, and 25% shares were received by Sofiya Stoyanovska and Artur Duda.
Another company, Industrialtaun, which was linked to the partners, in 2023 was transferred to the ownership of Kateryna Doroshenko. The article states she appears in more than 600 companies. Doroshenko also controls 97,28% of the Ukrainian Factoring Center with authorized capital of 411,2 million UAH and the transport company Transvion Vector.
Real estate in Lviv and relatives’ assets
The authors paid particular attention to Iryna Sandul — Vasyl Sandul’s mother. In 2016 she became co-owner of the companies Komina and Pekara.
According to Vykryvach, Komina was involved in a history of re-registering communal premises based on a disputed order from the Halych District Administration dated 4 April 1996. The registration actions mentioned notary Oleg Shchur.
In January 2026 a court considered returning to the Lviv community premises of 70,1 sq. m on Volodymyr Velykyi Street, 63.
In July 2026 Iryna Sandul, Lyudmyla Malkova, and former tax officer Serhiy Malkov were involved in registering an object of more than 3000 sq. m on Panas Myrny Street, 24.
According to the article, Iryna Sandul owned 61 real estate objects, among them 18 apartments.
Importers with transactions worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias
The materials on possible cashing-out schemes also mention importers Radugatoys and Triokompani.
According to the publication, the volume of operations of the first company was at least 800 million UAH, and the imports of the second reached 150 million UAH.
Radugatoys is owned by 21-year-old Yuriy Yarosh, connected to 17 companies. Triokompani is owned by Maryna Kononenko.
The authors noted that the websites of both companies were registered on 22 October 2025 at 13:27. At the same time, the resources, the article says, lack full catalogs, prices, and contact information.
Direct financial transactions between these importers and companies of Sandul and Kulibaba are not publicly confirmed.
Mentions of customs and criminal proceedings
The publication also links Sandul with customs head Orest Mandziy and possible gray import of cars.
The authors also mention criminal proceedings concerning the companies Akvapast, Tradinghaus, Seilprom, and Horyprof. However, the article states there is no established direct procedural involvement of Sandul and Kulibaba in these cases.
The publication describes a network of companies, significant import operations, and assets connected to the former tax officers and their circle. However, the links between individual firms, possible financial schemes, and specific people require proper verification. The mentions in the journalistic investigation alone do not prove involvement in offenses.
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