Position: Head of the Main Department of Counterintelligence Protection of Critical Infrastructure Objects and Combating Terrorist Financing.
Sphere of corrupt activity: public procurement.
Region of corrupt activity : Kyiv, all of Ukraine.
Qualification: Part 3 Art. 27, Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - misappropriation or embezzlement of someone else's property, which was entrusted to a person or was in his care, if they are committed on a particularly large scale or by an organized group - is punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to twelve years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activity for a period of up to three years and with confiscation of property.
Status: On April 3, NABU and SAP reported the suspicion of seven members of an organized group headed by Artem Shilo. During martial law, the group took possession of UAH 94.8 million during the purchase of transformers for Ukrzaliznytsia.
On April 4, 2024, bail in the amount of 30 million hryvnias was deposited for Artem Shil. Artyom Shilo is forbidden to communicate with OP Yermak, his deputy Tatarov, Minister Kamyshin, Vice Prime Minister Kubrakov and a number of other persons regarding the circumstances of the case. In case of breach of obligations, the deposit may be charged to the budget as income.
The story of the case: According to the investigation, Uzelectro LLC, with which a contract was signed for the supply of transformers for the Ukrainian railway, overestimated their cost by two times.
"Uzelectro" LLC, through a controlled gasket company registered in Bulgaria, purchased transformers from a manufacturer in Uzbekistan and resold them to "Ukrzaliznytsia" at a higher price.
The scheme would not have succeeded if, as the prosecutors say, Artem Shilo had not helped defeat Uzelectro LLC. Shylo allegedly sent a letter in which he noted that the rival company "Uzelectro" has a Russian footprint on the procurement, which is why its proposal should be rejected.
However, Shilo ignored the fact that Uzelectro actually bought transformers from a plant that is part of a Russian consortium, and that the plant's manager is visiting Russia. In addition, the ultimate beneficiary of the companies that supplied these transformers is a citizen of Belarus. He left the territory of Ukraine due to the investigation.
The markup on the supply of transformers was 52%. The extras managed to get hold of only a part - 94 million hryvnias, another part of the money was seized from the accounts of "Uzelectro". The agreement on the supply of transformers has not yet been fully implemented.
In the process of implementing the corruption scheme, Shylo distanced himself from the scheme, but all its participants knew that Shylo was in charge of everything.
As a result of the implementation of the scheme during 2022-2024, "Ukrzaliznytsia" suffered losses in the amount of UAH 94.8 million, which the participants in the crime took possession of and disposed of at their own discretion.
NABU and SAP through the court seized UAH 53 million on the bank accounts of the supplier company.
In March 2025, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation into three episodes of misappropriation of funds of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia", in which People's Deputy Viktor Bondar, Security Service employee Artem Shylo and others are suspected.
This was reported by the press services of the bodies, without specifying the names of the defendants. According to media reports, these are People's Deputy Bondar, Shyl, the former head of the Production Support Center branch Oleksiy Onisymyuk, entrepreneur Volodymyr Kotlyar, a former employee of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU Oleksandr Kovalyuk, and others.
SAPO prosecutors have decided to complete the pre-trial investigation into cases of misappropriation of funds of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" in the episodes of the purchase of cable and wire products, transformers, as well as the legalization of property obtained by criminal means. Today, NABU detectives, on the instructions of the SAPO prosecutor, have opened the case materials for the defense to review. These are three episodes
Individuals potentially involved in Artem Shylo's schemes: So far, seven individuals have been reported for suspicion, in addition to Artem Shylo:
- Oleksandr Kovalyuk, Deputy Head of the Sea Ports Administration;
Oleksiy Onisymyuk, former first deputy director of the UZ Production Support Center branch (currently a defendant and suspect in two other cases);
- Oleksandr Shevchenko, Deputy Director for Economic and Information Security of the Office of the Director for Economic and Information Security of Ukrzaliznytsia;
- Igor Butanov, entrepreneur.
Scandals : Artem Shylo was also reported on suspicion of embezzling UAH 117 million during the purchase of cables by JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, which was exposed by NABU and SAPO in March 2024.
On March 13, 2024, NABU and SAPO exposed two organized groups for misappropriating funds of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" during the purchase of cable and wire products.
According to the investigation, in 2021, the head of the first organized group, an entrepreneur, developed a scheme that involved supplying products to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia at inflated prices. To do this, he entered into a conspiracy with members of another organized group, which included, in particular, an official of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia. Acting as a kind of "back office" of the company, members of the second organized group informally controlled its activities and could, for a certain percentage of the procurement amount, ensure the victory of companies controlled by the entrepreneur in UZ tenders.
As a result, during 2021-2023, companies controlled by the entrepreneur illegally won UZ tenders for the supply of cable and wire products. During the tenders, with the assistance of officials of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, these companies coordinated their actions and in various ways overestimated the expected cost of the products.
Thus, Ukrzaliznytsia concluded contracts with three controlled enterprises, which supplied products at prices above market prices. At the same time, the enterprises themselves did not produce the products, but purchased them through a number of intermediary firms from manufacturers, including controlled ones. This is what allowed them to artificially increase the cost of products.
As a result of the scheme, Ukrzaliznytsia suffered losses in the amount of UAH 117 million, which the participants in the crime took possession of and disposed of at their own discretion.
According to the defense, inspections were conducted for all enterprises where there were risks and Shylo signed the letters, but his subordinates prepared them. Many documents passed through Shylo and he signed them sometimes without understanding what he was signing. Shylo says that this could have happened with the letter to Ukrzaliznytsia.
Shyl's lawyers say that he has a positive reference from the SBU and that two Heroes of Ukraine are ready to take him on bail after 2022. These are just the words of the lawyers, because the military does not want their names to be heard in court and the court did not receive a corresponding request for bail.
The names of the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, and the deputy head of the OP, Oleg Tatarov, were mentioned at the court hearing. One witness said that Tatarov gave verbal commands as part of this criminal scheme.
Persons who should have responded to Artem Shilo's corruption schemes: In the case of Artem Shilo, law enforcement agencies and the prosecutor's office worked well.
Fortune: Two three-room apartments in the elite metropolitan residential complex "Novopecherski Lypky" with a total value of 700,000 dollars, designed by Shil himself. There, he booked another two-room apartment for his wife Iryna Popova. Also, Iryna Popova has 275 square meters. m of real estate in the club house in the center of Kyiv, where the woman opened a beauty salon. The market value of the premises reaches $1 million dollars.
In addition, Shilo registered two "Mercedes" and "Toyota" for the woman with a total value of 240,000 dollars.
Artem Shilo divorced his wife in 2023, but now they live together. Iryna herself has a business related to beauty salons. Revenues increased dramatically after the organized group headed by Artem Shil began its activities.
Journalists of the "Scheme" project discovered a house near Kyiv, designed for Shil's father. The estate is located in the cottage town "Zoloche" in the village of Vyshenki, Boryspil district, Kyiv region.
Sources:
Seizure of "UZ" funds: UAH 30 million was deposited for Artem Shil
OFFICIAL OF THE SBU SHILO IS UNDER CUSTODY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAYING BAIL OF 30 MILLION UAH
60 days in custody or 30 million bail: VAKS chose preventive measure for Artem Shil