Position: Head of the Agricultural Machinery Registration Department of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region.
Area of Corrupt Activity: Agriculture.
Region of Corrupt Activity: Lviv Region.
Legal Qualification: The actions are classified under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: At liberty.
Case Details: In early October 2026, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), together with prosecutors, exposed the leadership of the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region in a bribery scheme. According to the investigation, Volodymyr Bilyk, head of the Main Directorate, his subordinate Roman Tetiuk, head of the Agricultural Machinery Registration Department, and the head of a controlled company were making money by selling tractor operator certificates without requiring applicants to undergo training. A total of 10 individuals were involved in the scheme.
According to the SBI and the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, two officials from different levels of the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region, together with a co-founder of a local company, organized a scheme to sell tractor-driver certificates under the guise of paid educational services. They involved five specialists from the State Production and Consumer Service, as well as the director and a methodologist of the company under their control.
According to investigators, the organizers had developed a plan in advance to disguise unlawful benefits as official tuition payments.
“To this end, a company under their control was registered back in January 2026, with one of the organizers listed as a co-founder. After obtaining a license from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the company officially provided training and professional development services for tractor drivers. In reality, however, payment guaranteed applicants the opportunity to skip classes and obtain the documents without hindrance,” the prosecutor’s statement said.
Law enforcement officers established that the company’s director and methodologist were directly responsible for the operation of the fictitious educational institution. They submitted official documents to the Ministry of Education and Science, while the methodologist also populated the company’s website with fake information about instructors and entered details about “students” into the Unified State Electronic Database on Education.
Meanwhile, five specialists from the State Production and Consumer Service advised the company’s management on preparing documents, provided templates for forming study groups, and helped forge machinery rental agreements to create the appearance that the company had the necessary training facilities.
In addition, employees of the fictitious educational institution personally sought out local residents interested in buying certificates for UAH 15,000.
There was also a strict rule: if any applicant expressed a desire to actually attend classes, they were expelled.
“The final stage of the scheme was the issuance of documents. The same specialists from the State Production and Consumer Service served on examination boards and formally administered theoretical and practical exams. Without actually testing applicants’ knowledge, they entered knowingly false information into the records indicating that the exams had been passed and made decisions to issue the certificates,” the prosecutor’s office added.
According to operational data, from June to September 2026, more than UAH 1 million was transferred to the controlled company’s account by at least 80 individuals.
All 10 participants in the scheme were notified of suspicion of obtaining an unlawful benefit by an official in collusion with a group of persons (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Law enforcement authorities have not disclosed their surnames. According to media reports, suspicion notices for organizing the corruption scheme were served on Volodymyr Bilyk, head of the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region; Roman Tetiuk, head of the Agricultural Machinery Registration Department; and Ivan Struhaniv, owner of the LLC “Production Educational and Qualification Advisory Center ‘Lev’,” a company registered eight months earlier. The company’s director, Vasyl Petrynets, was also notified of suspicion as an accomplice.
For its part, the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region issued a statement saying that it was cooperating with law enforcement authorities regarding possible abuses in the issuance of tractor-driver certificates. “The position of the Main Directorate is unequivocal: corruption and other unlawful actions are unacceptable and contradict the principles of public service,” the statement said.
The Lychakivskyi District Court ordered the head of the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service to be held in custody, with the alternative of bail set at UAH 998,000, and suspended him from his position.
Individuals Potentially Involved in Corruption Schemes: A total of 10 individuals were involved in the scheme. Open sources indicate that suspicion notices were served on Volodymyr Bilyk, head of the Main Directorate of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region; Roman Tetiuk, head of the Agricultural Machinery Registration Department; Ivan Struhaniv, owner of the LLC “Production Educational and Qualification Advisory Center ‘Lev’,” a company registered eight months earlier; and Vasyl Petrynets, the company’s director.
Assets: In his 2025 declaration, Roman Tetiuk reported that he had the right to use, free of charge, an apartment owned by a relative of his wife. He also listed his place of registration as an apartment in Lviv which, most likely, belongs to his mother.
Tetiuk also stated that he owned a Kia Sorento but chose not to disclose its value.
Tetiuk’s income for 2025 amounted to UAH 531,187, while his wife’s income was UAH 2,698,021.
Tetiuk declared UAH 90,000 in cash, while his wife declared EUR 12,600.
Authorities Responsible for Responding: Law enforcement authorities responded to the criminal activity in a timely manner by serving suspicion notices on every participant in the scheme.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme came to light, he had not been identified as a participant in any other scandals.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/c6458576-5abb-470f-a1fb-877c0caaff87