Position: former Deputy Mayor of Lviv.
Sphere of corrupt activity: charitable foundation.
Region of corruption activity: Lviv.
Qualification: Part 3 of Art. 201-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Part 2 of Art. 209, Part 2 of Art. 358.
Status: hiding abroad.
The plot of the case: in April 2023, a public scandal erupted in Estonia and Ukraine - a member of the Estonian parliament and head of the charitable organization MTÜ Slava Ukraini Johanna-Maria Lehtme was accused of embezzling 1.5 million euros, which the charitable foundation transferred to the Lviv company IC Construction. This company is associated with the charitable foundation of former deputy mayor of Lviv Hennadiy Vaskiv and belongs to his relatives.
The investigation established that in 2021, Gennady Vaskiv, together with an accomplice, founded the LLC "Aisi Construction", but the founder of the company was identified as an old acquaintance, Oleksandr Chernov. After the start of the full-scale invasion, the accomplice suggested that Gennady Vaskiv liquidate the company, but he refused and offered to withdraw money from the company's accounts and continue to deal with it independently. In December 2022, he made his brother's wife, Marta Luta, a beneficiary of the company.
In March 2022, Gennady Vaskiv created the All for Victory charity foundation, through which in May he concluded a memorandum of partnership with the Estonian charitable organization MTÜ Slava Ukraini, founded by Estonian MP Johanna-Maria Lehtme. In August 2022, according to the investigation, Gennady Vaskiv decided to appropriate charitable donations collected by MTU Slava Ukraini. In particular, he transferred money from Estonian benefactors to the accounts of his controlled company, Aisi Construction. The investigation believes that the prices of goods purchased with donations were inflated. Thus, from September 2022 to March 2023, Vaskiv transferred 1.55 million euros (over 59 million UAH at the current NBU exchange rate) to the accounts of the controlled company.
In addition, due to the overestimation of the cost of goods, the head of the fund could have embezzled more than 18 million UAH. Gennady Vaskiv is also suspected of embezzling 772 thousand UAH from the European Investment Bank. His fund, through the front company "Aisi Construction", was supposed to supply self-heating food sets, the cost of which was also overestimated.
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv allowed the prosecutor's office to conduct an in absentia pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings against the head of the All for Victory charity fund and former deputy mayor of Lviv, Hennadiy Vaskiv. He is suspected of embezzling humanitarian aid from Estonia. He himself left Ukraine in March 2024. The court ruling revealed that his wife and two children left Ukraine in April 2024, and his son-in-law illegally left on the same day as Hennadiy Vaskiv, in March of the same year, as the driver of a humanitarian aid truck.
Investigators established that on March 21, 2024, Hennadiy Vaskiv illegally left Ukraine under the guise of transporting humanitarian aid through the “Shlyakh” system. He crossed the border at the “Shehyny” checkpoint and has not returned yet. On November 15, SBI investigators informed Hennadiy Vaskiv of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 201-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (use of charitable donations for profit), and on November 22, they put him on the international wanted list. His close relatives and lawyer received the suspicion instead of him, although law enforcement officers repeatedly tried to hand it to him in person and sent summonses to the court by mail.
On June 11, 2025, Hennadiya Vaskiv was charged with using donations under Part 2 of Article 209 (money laundering) and Part 2 of Article 358 (forgery of documents) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This charge could not be served either through relatives or by mail. However, during the pre-trial investigation, it turned out that his wife Oksana Vaskiv, together with her children - 25-year-old daughter Viktoriya Prokopovych (Vaskiv) and 14-year-old son Denis - left Ukraine on May 31, 2024 through the "Maly Berezny" checkpoint in Transcarpathia and have not returned yet. It is known from social networks that Viktoriya Prokopovych studied at the Danylo Halytskyi National Medical University of Ukraine, but interrupted her studies in 2023.
In addition, investigators found out that Hennadiy Vaskiv's son-in-law also illegally left Ukraine through the "Shlyakh" system on March 21, 2024, through the "Shehyny" checkpoint in the Lviv region. He has not returned to Ukraine yet.
Because of this, the investigation believes that Gennady Vaskiv is hiding abroad to avoid criminal liability. The SBU is cooperating with Interpol to find him. In the event of his return, he should be arrested, in accordance with the Pechersk District Court's ruling of March 2025. Taking into account the circumstances of the case, on June 16, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv allowed the prosecutor's office to conduct a special (in absentia) pre-trial investigation. This ruling cannot be appealed.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: being identified.
Assets: in his 2021 declaration, the official indicated that he has a garage in Lviv with an area of 41.32 m². In addition, he and his wife Oksana Vaskiv jointly own four land plots in the village of Dobryachyn, Sokalsky district, as well as non-residential premises in Lviv with an area of 107.07 m². In turn, Oksana Vaskiv declared two apartments in Lviv — with an area of 47.2 m² and 91.2 m² — and two storerooms with an area of 4.08 m² and 4.01 m².
The family owns two cars. Gennady's wife, Oksana Vaskiv, owns a 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe worth 714,460 hryvnias. Daughter Viktoriya in 2021 became the owner of a 2014 Volkswagen Beetle worth 319,200 hryvnias.
He received 126,433 hryvnias in salary from his main place of work, as well as 296,680 hryvnias in income from entrepreneurial activities as an individual entrepreneur.
The official's wife, Oksana Vaskiv, is engaged in business and declared UAH 1,285,428 in income from an individual entrepreneur in 2021. In addition, their daughter Viktoriya Vaskiv is also an entrepreneur and received UAH 1,065,380 in income per year, as well as another UAH 266,000 from the sale of movable property.
Among his monetary assets, Gennady Vaskiv declared 327,000 USD and 105,000 EUR in cash and in an individual bank safe. His wife has an account in PrivatBank with the amount of 8,961 hryvnia, and she declared the cash without specifying the amount. Her daughter Viktoriya Vaskiv has 112,121 hryvnia in her account in PrivatBank.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Vaskiv, law enforcement officers reacted, however, when he was abroad.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Vaskiv would appear.
Sources:
https://zaxid.net/rodina_gennadiya_vaskiva_rik_tomu_viyihala_za_kordon_i_ne_povernulasya_n1613206
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/df2dae76-5eea-42ce-adff-6687fa8672b4