{"id":16453,"date":"2026-04-20T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=16453"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:21:48","slug":"in-odesi-dvirnyky-on-tesla-vykryto-skhemu-for-15-mln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/in-odesi-dvirnyky-on-tesla-vykryto-skhemu-for-15-mln\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud scheme worth UAH 15 million exposed in Odesa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Police reported the exposure of a large-scale corruption scheme in the housing and communal services sector of Odesa. According to media reports, dozens of businessmen were officially registered as janitors and handymen, receiving salaries from the city budget.<\/p>\n<h2>Detecting an embezzlement scheme<\/h2>\n<p>According to media reports, law enforcement officers uncovered a scheme involving the fictitious employment of businessmen in Odesa's housing and communal services. Individuals owning companies in various fields were registered as janitors, plumbers and handymen. All of them received official salaries from the city budget.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of damage to the state is estimated at at least UAH 15 million. The scheme is linked to <strong>Marat Korolev<\/strong> and other local politicians, but there are no official comments from these individuals.<\/p>\n<h2>Successful businessmen on budget rates<\/h2>\n<p>Among the names mentioned in the case are <strong>Sergey Sultanov<\/strong>, is an owner of companies in transport and construction who drives a Lexus. <strong>Dmitry Kolesnik<\/strong> owns a Tesla Model S and an Audi Q5.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the list <strong>Sergey Yavorsky<\/strong>, co-owner of a real estate agency, <strong>Alexey Samoichuk<\/strong>, a major supplier to the construction industry, and <strong>Vyacheslav Lakhmay<\/strong>, which is engaged in grain trading. It is separately stated <strong>Alexey Pulov<\/strong>, a jeweller, and <strong>Ruslana Parfenova<\/strong>, which owns a fleet of BMW X5s and two Touaregs. All of them were registered in different housing cooperatives, including the Fontansky housing cooperative.<\/p>\n<h2>Police response and follow-up<\/h2>\n<p>The National Police announced the launch of an investigation. There have been no official statements regarding detentions or suspicions. It is known that law enforcement officers are checking the involvement of city officials and heads of housing offices in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The internal investigation is ongoing, and the amount of damages may increase after additional checks. The situation caused a wide response in the local media and among the public.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact on the city budget<\/h2>\n<p>According to preliminary estimates, at least UAH 15 million was stolen through the scheme. These funds could have been used for the development of municipal infrastructure or social programmes. The city services have not yet provided official comments on further actions to prevent similar cases in the future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041d\u0430\u0446\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0446\u0456\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0432\u0438\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0442\u0430\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0441\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0438 \u0443 \u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0456 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e-\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0438. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0417\u041c\u0406, \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0431\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u043e\u0444\u0456\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0434\u0432\u0456\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0440\u0456\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0443\u044e\u0447\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0443 \u0437 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u044e\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0443. \u0412\u0438\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0441\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0417\u0430 \u0456\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0454\u044e \u0417\u041c\u0406, \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0456 \u0432\u0438\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0443, \u043f\u043e\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0443 \u0437 \u0444\u0456\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0435\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u0431\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0443 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e-\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430\u0445 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0438. \u041e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0456\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u044f\u043c\u0438 \u0443 \u0440\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0445, \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0432\u0456\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":16452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0432\u0438\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e \u0441\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0443","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806814],"class_list":{"0":"post-16453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-finansy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16454,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453\/revisions\/16454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}