Position: First Deputy Chief - Head of the Investigation Department of the Ternopil Region Police.
Sphere of corrupt activity: law enforcement.
Region of corruption activity: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Zhytomyr regions.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large, released from custody.
Case story: On May 20, 2026, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office reported the exposure of a corruption scheme in the National Police system, which is related to the cover-up of porn offices in three regions of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, the network was operating in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr regions, where erotic and pornographic video content was illegally produced and distributed via the Internet. Law enforcement officers established that the heads of territorial police units could ensure the smooth operation of these porn offices in exchange for a monthly salary.
According to the investigation, the driver of one of the deputy ministers of internal affairs acted as an intermediary in the scheme, who allegedly used personal connections with the leadership of regional police units to organize agreements on non-interference. Within the framework of such agreements, officials did not document violations, did not take response measures and did not warn in advance about possible inspections. The monthly remuneration was about 20 thousand dollars for the leadership of regional police units and another 5 thousand dollars for the intermediary.
Investigators documented several episodes of money transfers. In particular, in February and April 2026, tranches of tens of thousands of dollars were recorded, some of which, according to the investigation, were intended for police officials in various regions.
A transfer of $20,000 to a police officer in another region was also documented through his close friend, who was unaware of the criminal intent. Later, another transfer of $20,000 to the same officer was recorded.
On May 20, law enforcement officers detained the intermediary while receiving another tranche of $25,000.
The SBU added that among those detained by law enforcement officers:
· Chief of Police of Ivano-Frankivsk Region Serhiy Bezpalko;
· Deputy Chief of Police of Ivano-Frankivsk Region Volodymyr Yatsyuk;
· First Deputy Chief – Chief of the Investigation Department of the Ternopil Region Police Andriy Tkachyk;
· Deputy Chief of Police of Zhytomyr Region Ilya Gulevatyi.
· the driver of the State Enterprise "Service Center for Units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", who acted as an intermediary-courier, V. Vorobey.
The post also adds that evidence of illegal activity and money likely obtained through criminal means were seized during the searches.
Currently, in accordance with the crimes committed, the defendants have been notified of suspicion under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official)
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported that during searches of top officials of the National Police, an elite fleet of six cars, five Swiss watches, firearms and cold weapons, telephones, as well as cash in various currencies totaling over UAH 22.6 million was seized.
According to the Prosecutor General, the driver of the State Enterprise "Center for Service of Units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", who acted as an intermediary, was charged with incitement and aiding and abetting in the receipt by an official holding a responsible position of an illegal benefit in a particularly large amount for failure to commit actions using his official position in the interests of third parties, in particular, repeatedly and by prior conspiracy by a group of persons under Parts 4, 5 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The actions of the head of the Main Police Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region, his deputy, as well as the first deputy head of the Main Police Department in Ternopil region and the deputy head of the Main Police Department in Zhytomyr region, were qualified under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely, obtaining by an official holding a responsible position an unlawful benefit in a particularly large amount for himself for the failure of such an official to commit actions in the interests of third parties using his official position, committed in prior collusion by a group of persons.
The leadership of the National Police has suspended officials suspected of covering up porn offices in a number of regions.
The Head of the National Police initiated an internal investigation, as part of which four police officers were suspended from service. Personnel decisions will be made regarding them in the near future based on the results of the internal investigation.
They stressed that they are fully cooperating with the investigation and are interested in establishing all the circumstances of the case. The driver, who appears in the case of covering up porn offices, has been dismissed from his position, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
It later became known that four National Police officials suspected of covering up the activities of porn offices in three regions were released from custody on bail.
On May 21, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv remanded five suspects in custody with the possibility of posting bail ranging from UAH 1 million to UAH 8 million. Four of the suspects are National Police officers. The court set the following bail amounts for them:
· Head of the Main Police Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region Serhiy Bezpalko – UAH 7 million bail;
· Deputy Chief of the Main Police Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region Volodymyr Yatsyuk – UAH 5 million bail;
· First Deputy Head of the Investigation Department of the Main Police Department in Ternopil Region Andriy Tkachyk – UAH 5 million bail;
· Deputy Chief of the Main Police Department in Zhytomyr region Ilya Gulevaty – UAH 1 million 164 thousand bail.
For another suspect – the driver of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Volodymyr Vorobei – the court set bail at UAH 8 million.
On May 22, the Prosecutor General's Office reported that all the police officers had been released on bail. However, Volodymyr Vorobey remains in custody.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: in addition to Tkachyk, the scheme also includes the head of the Main Police Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region Serhiy Bezpalko, deputy chief of police of Ivano-Frankivsk region Volodymyr Yatsyuk, deputy chief of police of Zhytomyr region Ilya Gulevaty, and the driver of the State Enterprise "Center for Service of Units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", who acted as an intermediary-courier, V. Vorobey.
Assets: In his 2025 tax return, Tkachyk listed significant real estate and a large fleet of cars registered to his wife. Among other things, he listed two used premium cars, as well as income from the sale of property and his wife's business activities.
Andriy Tkachyk personally owns a house with an area of 39.5 m² in the village of Balazher, Beregovskaya community (acquired in December 2022 for 138.5 thousand UAH). Together with his wife Svitlana Mykolaivna Tkachyk (50% each), he owns a residential house with an area of 35.6 m² in the same village of Balazher (acquired on October 21, 2022 for 88.8 thousand UAH) and a land plot of 2,500 m² nearby. He also owns 54% of a residential house with an area of 129.9 m² in Lviv (2021, co-owner - Lyudmila Mykolaivna Honcharuk).
Svetlana Tkachyk's wife owns:
- an apartment with an area of 46.5 m² in Lviv (2016, cost at the time of purchase — 344 thousand UAH);
- a garage with an area of 24.5 m² in the village of Zubra, Solonkivska hromada, Lviv region (2007).
The couple jointly owns an apartment with an area of 50.8 m² in Lviv (1998, co-owner - Emilia Yosyfivna Dzikovska). The family uses an apartment with an area of 77.5 m² in the village of Zubra (2007, owner - wife) and an apartment in Ternopil (rent from 2023, owner - Ivanna Romanivna Halabitska). Daughter Olga Andriivna Tkachyk is registered in a Lviv apartment with an area of 50.8 m² as a place of residence.
In the vehicles section, seven objects were declared, mostly registered for the spouse:
- trailer CHEREAU CD-382G (2000), 2016 — 30 thousand UAH;
- DAF FT XF 105.460 truck (2010), 2017 — 226 thousand UAH;
- trailer SCHMITZ SKO 24 (2004), 2017 — 126 thousand UAH;
- DAF XF 105.460 truck (2013), 2019 — 290 thousand UAH.
Andriy Tkachyk has the right to use (the right to use) two of his wife's premium cars:
- Mercedes-Benz GLS 400 (2022), received in 2023, worth UAH 4.38 million;
- BMW X4 xDrive 30d (2023), purchased in 2025 for UAH 1.71 million.
On February 8, 2025, the termination of ownership of the vehicle (purchase and sale) was declared.
In 2025, the family's income was:
- Andriy Tkachyk: salary — 945 thousand UAH, income from the sale of movable property — 1.14 million UAH (from Anastasia Viktorivna Koloda);
- Svitlana Tkachyk: income from entrepreneurial activity — 848.6 thousand UAH, salary from the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital — 127 thousand UAH, from the Lviv Regional Center of MSE — 2.6 thousand UAH + 20 thousand UAH (other income), from the Lviv National Medical University — 29 thousand UAH.
Monetary assets:
- Tkachyk: cash 35.2 thousand dollars, funds in the PrivatBank account — 103 thousand UAH;
- wife: cash 133.7 thousand dollars, funds in PrivatBank accounts — 301 thousand UAH, Raiffeisen Bank — 83 thousand UAH.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies should have paid attention to the criminal activities of police officers even earlier - in particular, the SBU and the OGPU should have paid attention to the criminal activities.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, he was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
https://zaxid.net/u_troh_oblastyah_ukrayini_provodyat_obshuki_v_upravlinnyah_natspolitsiyi_n1637446
https://t.me/UA_National_Police/66920
https://zaxid.net/pidozryuvani_u_krishuvanni_pornoofisiv_politseyski_viyshli_z_pid_varti_n1637692
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/4948e0cb-f329-4152-ac75-959dc7cbafa5