Position: Head of the Sambir municipal enterprise “Obiednane” (United), former district council member from the Servant of the People party.
Area of Corrupt Activity: Transport.
Region of Corrupt Activity: Sambir, Lviv Region.
Legal Qualification: Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: The court ordered Yevhen Kvas to be held in custody for 60 days, with the option of posting bail in the amount of UAH 1 million.
Case Details: The head of the Sambir municipal enterprise “Obiednane,” former district council member from the Servant of the People party Yevhen Kvas, and his brother, entrepreneur Marian Kvas, were detained on suspicion of attempting to bribe the head of a unit of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety (Ukrtransbezpeka) in Lviv Region.
On Wednesday, May 13, the Department of Strategic Investigations (DSI) and the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the director of the municipal enterprise had offered bribes to the head of the State Supervision Department in Lviv Region in order to avoid inspections and the drawing up of violation reports.
“Preliminarily, during a roadside inspection, inspectors stopped a Mercedes-Benz truck belonging to the enterprise headed by the former council member. The inspection revealed a number of serious violations: the absence of insurance and failure to comply with the driver’s working-hours requirements. In addition, the driver did not have a complete set of properly completed vehicle documents, either in paper or electronic form. In an attempt to get inspectors to turn a blind eye to these facts in the future and refrain from drawing up reports, the head of the municipal enterprise tried to pay them off,” the prosecutor’s office said.
According to investigators, the head of the municipal enterprise approached the head of the State Supervision Department in Lviv Region and offered him a monthly “subscription fee.” The official reported the offer to law enforcement officers and subsequently acted under their supervision.
“The former council member personally handed him the first part of the unlawful benefit, and then involved his brother in transferring the subsequent payments. Under the agreement, the relative no longer handed the money directly to the head of the department, but instead passed it to a subordinate inspector,” the prosecutor’s office added.
After the latest transfer of money, the brothers were detained by officers of the DSI and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) while on their way to the Polish border. Investigators documented that, between February and May of that year, they had transferred a total of USD 900 in bribes in three installments. Both brothers were notified of suspicion of offering and giving an unlawful benefit to an official (Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to ZAXID.NET, suspicion notices were served on former district council member Yevhen Kvas and his brother Marian Kvas, who owns OIL-Feller LLC, a freight transportation company registered in Davydiv.
The court ordered Yevhen Kvas to be held in custody for 60 days, with the option of posting bail in the amount of UAH 1 million. His brother Marian was also remanded in custody for 60 days, with the option of posting bail in the amount of UAH 266,000.
Individuals Potentially Involved in Corruption Schemes: According to ZAXID.NET, his brother Marian Kvas was also notified of suspicion. He owns OIL-Feller LLC, a freight transportation company registered in Davydiv.
Assets: In his 2025 declaration, Yevhen Volodymyrovych Kvas stated that he uses a 43 m² apartment in Sambir, Lviv Region. His right to use the apartment as his actual place of residence began on June 1, 2025. The apartment is owned by Serhii Volodymyrovych Dun, and its value was not specified in the declaration.
No vehicles belonging to Kvas or his family members were listed in the declaration. No valuable movable property or unfinished construction projects were declared either.
For 2025, Kvas declared a salary of UAH 966,640 received from the Sambir municipal enterprise “Obiednane.” His wife, Zoriana Kvas, received a salary of UAH 208,747 from the Lviv Military Medical Clinical Center (Clinical Hospital) of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as well as UAH 441,510 in income from entrepreneurial activity. The total declared income of Kvas and his wife amounted to UAH 1,616,897.
Kvas’s main monetary assets consisted of USD 54,000, EUR 8,000, and UAH 1,310,000 in cash. In addition, he declared UAH 125,876 in an account with Ukrgasbank. His wife, Zoriana Kvas, declared USD 26,000 and EUR 5,200 in cash, as well as UAH 25 in an account with PrivatBank.
Authorities Responsible for Responding: In Yevhen Kvas’s case, law enforcement officers responded in a timely manner.
Scandals: Open sources contain no information about any other scandals involving Kvas.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/fcb27b5d-2260-4f71-ae54-26005750ef77