Position: former head of the capital construction department of the Lviv RMA.
Sphere of corruption: construction.
Region of corruption activity: Lviv region.
Qualification: Part 5, Article 191, Part 2, Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: the court sent him to pretrial detention with the right to post bail of UAH 20.1 million.
Case story: The State Bureau of Investigation informed officials of the Lviv RMA about suspicions of embezzlement during the construction of fortifications in the Sumy region. This information was confirmed to ZAXID.NET by sources in law enforcement agencies.
In March 2024, the Lviv RMA began building fortifications in the Sumy region. At that time, it was noted that this direction was supervised by the deputy head of the LRMA Yuriy Buchko and the acting head of the capital construction department Roman Dulya. Under the terms of the Cabinet of Ministers' resolution, the RMA could independently select contractors.
In July 2025, the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Defense of the Western Region reported that a case had been opened into abuses during the construction of fortifications in the Sumy region, and officials of the Lviv RMA were involved in the case. At the same time, searches were conducted in the regional state administration. The case was investigated under articles on embezzlement and embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale and abuse of power and official position (Part 5 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), but no one was charged. According to ZAXID.NET, on October 8, SBI employees, together with the Strategic Investigations Department, exposed 11 persons involved in the case, including three LRMA officials, including the former head of the capital construction department Roman Dulya. Representatives of the contracting companies that performed the work were also detained. According to the investigation, about 20 people are involved in the scheme in total.
According to ZAXID.NET sources, the audit of the works revealed losses of over UAH 30 million, the commodity expertise confirmed losses of UAH 64 million, and the forensic and construction expertise confirmed losses of another UAH 64 million.
Among the RMA officials in the case is the former head of the capital construction department of the Lviv RMA, Roman Dulya. The Lychakiv District Court sent him to pre-trial detention with the right to post a bail of UAH 20.1 million.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: in total, 11 people were suspected, including, in addition to RMA officials, representatives of contracting firms. Among the RMA officials in the case is the former head of the capital construction department of the Lviv RMA, Roman Dulya. The Lychakiv District Court sent him to pre-trial detention with the right to post a 20.1 million UAH bail. The investigation believes that Roman Dulya involved his common-law wife Lesya Karanets, an employee of LLC "Gas Distribution Networks of Ukraine", in the case. She was sent under arrest with a bail of 2 million UAH. According to the investigation, it was Lesya Karanets who converted budget money into foreign currency and distributed it among the accomplices of the scheme.
Suspicions were raised against leading inspectors of the technical supervision and design department, Bohdan Zubrytskyi and Gennady Balashov. Both officials were also arrested with the possibility of posting bail of UAH 2 million each. Officially, they still work at LRMA. In 2020, Gennady Balashov was suspected of official negligence, due to which the regional budget lost UAH 200,000. In early 2025, the criminal case was closed due to the statute of limitations.
The remaining defendants in the case of embezzlement during the construction of fortifications in Sumy region are representatives of private contracting companies. They are accused of concluding contracts at inflated prices for building materials. In particular, the case involves the director and employees of BC Lviv - Ihor Letyuk, who was arrested on bail of 300 thousand UAH, chief engineer Ihor Komarnytskyi and estimator Maria Tyndyk. They were sent to pre-trial detention center on bail of 11 million UAH.
Entrepreneur Viktor Batyuk was assigned a 1.8 million UAH bail. Until March 2025, he was the owner of the contracting company “Budivelna Norma” LLC. Today, the company has changed both the founder and director, and even the name – now the company is called “Optobud TM”.
According to the investigation, Viktor Batyuk's interests were lobbied by Oleg Kuzyk, who also manages the company "Construction Firm "Zhovkva LTD". The court chose for him a preventive measure in the form of arrest with the possibility of paying a bail of UAH 15.8 million.
Among the conspirators in this case were also two representatives of LLC “Investment Company “Ukrbudservice”. Its co-founder Ostap Motko was sent to pre-trial detention on bail of UAH 6.6 million, and the company’s director Natalia Petrichko – on bail of UAH 1.9 million .
Assets: in the period from January 1, 2025 to July 8, 2025, Dulya indicated in the declaration an apartment, as well as cars LEXUS LS 600H L 2008, LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER 2010 worth UAH 260,030, and MERCEDES-BENZ EQC 400 2020. In addition, he declared UAH 234,159 in salary, UAH 50,000, USD 1,000 and EUR 1,000 in cash, as well as UAH 20,127 placed in a bank account.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Dulay, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Dulya would appear.
Sources:
https://loda.gov.ua/leaderDepartment/18295
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/7cf915d6-7e21-41cc-b095-fc47988adf4b