The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) together with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have uncovered new criminal episodes involving a sitting Member of Parliament of Ukraine, who had previously already been suspected of corruption related to land issues, reports ProAgro Group.
According to the SBU’s Chernihiv regional office, investigators found that during 2021–2023 the lawmaker organized a scheme to misappropriate assets of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS) worth more than UAH 30 million. The scheme involved the use of controlled agricultural land plots to grow grain crops, which were then illegally sold through a network of affiliated companies. The total volume of agricultural products sold exceeded 2.5 thousand tons.
To implement the scheme, the MP allegedly involved a member of the Kyiv Regional Council, two managers of NAAS state enterprises, and a trusted associate. In order to conceal the illegal activity, the participants understated the actual volumes of harvested crops in accompanying shipping documents.
Based on the collected evidence, the MP and four accomplices were formally notified of suspicion under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — misappropriation or embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale, committed by an organized group using official positions.
The issue of selecting preventive measures is currently being decided. If found guilty, the suspects face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Law enforcement agencies also recalled that in August 2023 the same MP had already been exposed for accepting a $85,000 bribe in exchange for facilitating the transfer of NAAS land for use. That case is currently under court consideration.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted under the procedural supervision of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
According to media reports, the case concerns Anatolii Hunko, a lawmaker elected in the Chernihiv region from the Servant of the People party. In 2025, Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court found him guilty of extortion and accepting a $85,000 bribe, sentencing him to seven years in prison, confiscation of all property, and a ban on holding certain public offices.
Earlier, it was reported that in December 2025 the Security Service of Ukraine detained and arrested a foreign vessel in the Odesa port that was part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.”
