Position: Director of the municipal enterprise "Chernihivvodokanal" of the Chernihiv City Council.
Sphere of corrupt activity: public procurement.
Region of corruption activity: Chernihiv.
Qualification: Part 4, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 197-1, Part 1, Part 2 of Article 364, Part 2 of Article 367, Part 1 of Article 114-1, Part 1, Part 3 of Article 368, Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status : at large, pre-trial investigation ongoing.
Case story: Chernihiv region law enforcement officers have announced suspicions against 25 officials of local government bodies, military administration, heads and employees of municipal enterprises, directors of educational institutions, and heads of companies. They are suspected of causing losses to the budget of almost 44 million hryvnias.
Among them was the suspicion of the director of the Chernihivvodokanal enterprise, who is accused of embezzling budget funds in the amount of over 18 million hryvnias.
The case concerns the purchase and supply of equipment for the reconstruction of the sewage system of treatment facilities damaged as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. Serhiy Malyavko refused to comment on the merits of the case. The Chernihiv Court of Appeal did not remove Serhiy Malyavko, the director of the Chernihivvodokanal enterprise, from his position. The decision is not subject to appeal. This decision was made by three judges chaired by Valentyna Antipets on August 27 of this year.
This was reported by a correspondent of Suspilny, who was present at the meeting.
Prosecutor of the regional prosecutor's office Volodymyr Koval requested that the Novozavodsk court's decision to keep Serhiy Malyavko as the company's director be overturned. According to the prosecutor, this was necessary within the framework of the investigation currently being conducted by law enforcement officers so that the manager would not have influence over his subordinates.
Malyavko's tenure in office gives him the opportunity to directly influence the actions, decisions, and employees of the Chernihivvodokanal KP.
The defense attorney for the head of Chernihivvodokanal, Andriy Malai, reported that the director of the enterprise cannot influence the course of the investigation, because all documents in the case were seized last year.
No facts were provided that suggest that there might be some kind of influence on subordinates, all this is just speculation.
Serhiy Malyavko stated during the court hearing that his removal from office could negatively affect the operation of the enterprise in the context of a full-scale war.
Indeed, the investigation has been going on for almost a year. Absolutely all documents have been seized. There have been several searches at the enterprise. Also, recently, we voluntarily provided additional documents at the investigator's request.
Later it became known that Sergiy Malyavka, the Director of the Chernihivvodokanal Enterprise, was not given a bail of 60 thousand hryvnias and the decision of the Novozavodsky Court of Chernihiv regarding the personal obligation was not canceled. This decision was announced on August 28 by the judge of the Chernihiv Court of Appeal, Gennady Salay. This decision cannot be appealed.
This was reported by a correspondent of Suspilny, who was present at the meeting.
Lawyer Andriy Malai asked the court to pay attention to the fact that the investigation in the criminal proceedings has been ongoing since last year and the suspect is assisting the investigation in every way.
"I ask the court to take into account that immediately after the decision was made by the court of first instance, Malyavko appeared before the relevant investigator and handed over his international passport for safekeeping."
Serhiy Malyavko supported his defense attorney's request.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: law enforcement officers of Chernihiv region have announced suspicions against 25 officials of local governments, military administration, heads and employees of municipal enterprises, directors of educational institutions, heads of companies. They are suspected of causing losses to the budget of almost 44 million hryvnias. law enforcement officers suspect the founder and general director of one of the LLCs of embezzling more than 3.2 million hryvnias of budget funds during the overhaul of the lyceum's catering unit. The director of this educational institution is also suspected of official negligence.
The director of one of the educational institutions and the deputy chief accountant are suspected of overstating the volume and cost of actually performed construction work in collusion with the director of an LLC during the thermal modernization of the school building. The losses are estimated at 1.5 million hryvnia.
Law enforcement officers also suspect the acting head of the education department of the Sosnytsia village council of purchasing educational equipment and supplies for the lyceum at inflated prices. The amount of damage is 350 thousand hryvnias.
The former head of the department for civil protection and defense work of the Chernihiv OVA is suspected of improper performance of his official duties, purchasing goods for the restoration of infrastructure destroyed as a result of the Russian aggression at inflated prices. The losses are 1.4 million hryvnias. This is the current deputy, head of the regional rescue and diving service, Serhiy Boldyrev, who in a comment to Suspilny said that the case concerns the events of 2022, when he was the director of the aforementioned department.
According to him, the suspicion was served regarding the purchase of building materials for the restoration of the village of Yahidne in May 2022.
We purchased a lot of different materials. Then the task was set to do it as soon as possible. We purchased everything from "Veni" (a Chernihiv hypermarket, — ed.), because I had been cooperating with them since 2014. And during this time there were no violations. They are the only ones who worked in the city in May 2022. At that time, such were the prices. They not only sold the goods, but also organized their delivery directly to the village, despite the danger. I did nothing wrong, and what's more — all these three years (2022, 2023 and 2024, — ed.) there were inspections, there was an audit, there were no complaints. I have been cooperating with the investigation all this time. And now I am ready to provide any explanations
Volodymyr Kryvenko, head of the housing and communal services department of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, is suspected of purchasing lumber at inflated prices to restore housing and infrastructure destroyed during the Russian Federation's armed aggression. The amount of damage is over 9.2 million hryvnias. He refused to comment on the situation to Suspilny and said that he is currently on vacation until August 25.
Semenivka City Mayor Serhiy Dedenko, with the assistance of the head of the public procurement organization sector of the Semenivka City Council and authorized persons for public procurement issues, is suspected of organizing the victory of a certain company during the procurement of solid fuel water heating boilers, rather than more economically advantageous tender offers. The local budget suffered losses of 594 thousand hryvnias.
The head of the housing and communal services department of the Chernihiv City Council, Yaroslav Kuts, is suspected of abuse of office during the procurement of services for the arrangement of observation posts, defensive structures, and firing positions for a total amount of over 926 thousand hryvnias. In a comment to Suspilny, he confirmed that he received suspicion from law enforcement officers, but declined to comment.
The director of the Chernihiv City Council's "Parking and Market" municipal enterprise is suspected of abuse of office and the gratuitous transfer of the right to develop a communal land plot worth 831 thousand hryvnias to a private enterprise.
This is Serhiy Garus, the director of the Chernihiv KP "Misksvitlo", who is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In a comment to Suspilny, he confirmed that he had received suspicion under Article 364 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power or official position). He said that the suspicion concerns a case from 2016, when he held the position of head of the KP "Parking and Market". According to Garus, the case concerns his signing of an investment agreement.
Suspicion is not a court verdict. Therefore, I will defend my constitutional rights.
A land surveyor engineer and farm owner are suspected of fraudulently acquiring 32 communal land plots with an area of 55.4 hectares, which caused 4.6 million hryvnia in losses.
The director of an agricultural enterprise was suspected of illegally taking over a two-hectare plot of historical and cultural land in Chernihiv district for growing crops.
The former director of one of the enterprises of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is suspected of illegally alienating the enterprise's apartment. The damage to the state-owned enterprise is estimated at 407 thousand hryvnias.
The authorized person for public procurement of the Chernihivvodokanal Enterprise, in complicity with other officials of the enterprise, is suspected of embezzling budget funds in the amount of 1.3 million hryvnias during the purchase of equipment for packaging drinking water, as well as of official negligence during the purchase of work suits for employees, which led to losses in the amount of 700 thousand hryvnias.
The actions of the suspects are classified under parts 4, 5 of Article 191, part 2 of Article 197-1, parts 1, 2 of Article 364, part 2 of Article 367, part 1 of Article 114-1, parts 1, 3 of Article 368, part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Motions have been prepared to impose preventive measures and remove the suspects from their positions.
Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings was carried out under the procedural guidance of prosecutors in cooperation with the Main Directorate of the National Police of the region and the SSU Directorate in Chernihiv region.
Assets: in the 2024 declaration, Malyavko indicated an apartment in Chernihiv with an area of 43.8 sq. m. He also owns a land plot in the Ponornytska community in the village of Shaboltasivka, with an area of 20,000 square meters.
Serhiy Malyavko owns a Toyota RAV-4 Hybrid, 2019 model. By the way, he purchased this car last year. Its cost on the date of acquisition is UAH 850,500.
For 2024, Serhiy Malyavko received UAH 1,411,648 in salary, UAH 6,144 in rent for a land share, an insurance payment of UAH 1,862, and declared a gift worth UAH 840.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Malyavko, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: in June 2022 it became known that the Head of the municipal enterprise "Chernihivvodokanal" Serhiy Malyavko will be tried for drunk driving. The first hearing will be held on July 26. This is stated on the official website of the Desnyanskyi District Court of Chernihiv.
The fact that Malyavko was detained for drunk driving was written on her Facebook page by Marina Reiko, a deputy of the Chernihiv City Council from "European Solidarity". According to the message indicated as the source of information (screenshot), Malyavko "got into a fight with police officers, had a firearm with him, which he threatened with." Serhiy Malyavko confirmed to Suspilny that he was driving while intoxicated, and called all other circumstances "Marina Reiko's nonsense." He refused to comment on the details.
As the chief officer of the regional Patrol Police, Vitaliy Kopystko, told Suspilny in a comment, on June 17, patrol officers found seven drivers with signs of intoxication. During the registration of administrative materials, none of the police officers received bodily injuries. He did not provide details, since the provision or publication of personal information of citizens is expressly prohibited by Ukrainian legislation.
The Law of Ukraine provides for criminal liability for driving while intoxicated. Serhiy Malyavka faces a fine of UAH 17,000 to UAH 34,000 and deprivation of the right to drive for up to three years.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/938929ce-7265-4ebc-a2df-011104ff2dd4