Position: Head of the Department of Lung and Mediastinal Tumors at the National Cancer Institute.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: all of Ukraine.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under parts 1–3 of Article 255, part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
Case story: in June 2025, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office exposed six individuals in the creation of a criminal organization that made money from purchasing medical equipment for cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute (hereinafter referred to as the NRI).
According to media reports, the case involved the de facto head of the largest group of companies involved in the sale of medical equipment, Herman Fistal (he is considered the organizer), and the former acting director of the Cancer Institute, deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Andriy Shipko.
Under the procedural guidance of the SAPO prosecutor, NABU detectives reported suspicion to six participants in a criminal scheme that included representatives of private structures and the National Cancer Institute. Its implementation during the purchase of medical equipment for cancer patients caused losses of over UAH 231 million. Currently, suspicion has been reported to: the de facto head of the largest group of business entities specializing in the sale of medical equipment in Ukraine; two representatives of private companies controlled by the organizer; the acting director, who is currently a deputy of the regional council, and two officials of the NIR. Their actions were qualified as crimes under parts 1–3 of Article 255, part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
According to the investigation, the de facto head of the largest group of medical equipment suppliers (over 300 company representatives) created a criminal organization, which included representatives of controlled companies and officials of the NIR.
The scheme involved several stages to ensure non-competitive victory of controlled companies in public procurement of medical equipment for the NIR. In order to seize as much money as possible for the sale of medical equipment, its cost was artificially increased by 50% of the initial price due to the activities of the criminal organization: foreign companies affiliated with the organizer of the scheme were introduced into the supply chain, the completeness of the equipment was changed, etc. This is confirmed by a number of evidence collected by law enforcement agencies from 12 countries around the world, which were involved in the investigation within the framework of international cooperation.
During 2021-2022, during the procurement of medical equipment within the framework of the project "Creation of a modern clinical base for the treatment of oncological diseases in the NIR", the participants in the transaction seized funds worth over UAH 231 million.
In early July, the High Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 908,400 to Bohdan Borysiuk, head of the Lung and Mediastinal Tumors Department of the National Cancer Institute, as part of the case of the criminal organization of entrepreneur Herman Fistal.
The request of the NABU detective, approved by the SAPO prosecutor, for the application of a preventive measure in the form of bail is partially granted. Apply a preventive measure in the form of bail to the suspect (Borysiuk – ed.) in the amount of UAH 908,400
He is obliged to: arrive upon first demand; not leave Kyiv and the Kyiv region without permission; report any change in his place of residence and place of work; refrain from communicating with a number of persons; not visit a number of premises; and hand over his foreign passports for safekeeping.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: entrepreneur Herman Fistal; former acting director of the Cancer Institute, deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Andriy Shipko; Fistal's right-hand man - Oksana Chulup; Fistal's subordinate Yuriy Vasylenko; secretary of the tender committee Dmytro Kaliushchenko; head of the procurement working group Bohdan Borysiuk.
Assets: There are no declarations of Bohdan Borysiuk's income in open sources.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Borysiuk, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, he was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
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