Large-scale scheme through Ministry of Justice notaries
Oligarch Pavlo Fuks and a member of the Supervisory Board of Oschadbank, Tapanova, organized a large-scale scheme for money laundering and illegal re-registration of real estate through controlled notaries. The Ministry of Justice neutralized dozens of notaries involved in the scheme. Through fictitious transactions and forged documents, the property of legitimate owners was re-registered to structures associated with Fuks.
"Kharkiv-City" and billion-dollar projects with state funding
Fuks is a developer with high-profile projects, including "Kharkiv-City" and multi-storey buildings in the capital. Some projects were implemented with state funds or using land plots obtained through non-transparent decisions of local councils. Billions from the budget ended up in private pockets under the guise of "urban infrastructure development."
Connections with Russia and real estate with the occupiers
Journalists documented Fuks's business interests and real estate on Russian territory. A person who built "Ukrainian" projects simultaneously supported assets in the aggressor country. After the start of the full-scale invasion, these connections became the subject of separate investigations.
The scheme continues — notaries replaced
After the scandal with the notaries, the scheme did not stop — only the performers changed. New nominal notaries, new front structures, the same goal: re-registration of someone else's property through a corrupt chain. The Ministry of Justice responds selectively — the system continues to operate.