Position: former director of the state enterprise "Izmail Sea Commercial Port".
Sphere of corrupt activity: procurement.
Region of corruption activity: Odessa region.
Qualification: actions are qualified under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
Case story: at the end of December 2025, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office exposed a large-scale corruption scheme that operated in the state-owned enterprise "Izmail Sea Commercial Port" in 2022–2023. An organized group, which included the port director and representatives of private companies, appropriated more than UAH 24 million of state funds under the guise of purchasing port equipment.
The investigation established that the key role in the scheme was played by the organizer, who actually performed the functions of the unofficial "general director" of the port. He coordinated the actions of other participants, and the persons under his control were responsible for the technical support of the transactions and financial operations.
The group members had access to official, confidential information about procurement plans. This allowed them to determine the “winners” of tenders in advance. Leading manufacturers and official dealers were systematically excluded from bidding, and instead agreements were concluded with controlled companies. The cost of equipment in these contracts was significantly overstated.
After receiving funds into the accounts of commercial structures and individual entrepreneurs associated with the participants in the scheme, the money was quickly withdrawn in cash. It was then distributed among the organizers and executors.
All detained participants in the scheme were notified of suspicion under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Embezzlement, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it through abuse of official position). As reported by the media, NABU and SAPO notified the former head of the IMTP Andriy Yerokhin, businessman Serhiy Solovyov and two other persons of suspicion.
Later it became known that the HACC applied a preventive measure to the former head of the port Yerokhin in the form of a bail of UAH 908,400 with obligations. The court also set a bail of UAH 3.02 million for businessman Solovyov, and for accomplices Serhiy Pavlenko and Kateryna Alyoshenkova - UAH 757,000 and UAH 908,400, respectively.
At the end of February 2026, the High Anti-Corruption Court extended until April 11 the pre-trial investigation into the case on suspicion of businessman Serhiy Solovyov, former director of the state enterprise "Izmail Sea Commercial Port" Andriy Erokhin, and two other persons in the embezzlement of UAH 24 million.
Individuals potentially involved in corruption schemes: businessman Serhiy Solovyov, as well as accomplices Serhiy Pavlenko and Kateryna Alyoshenkova.
Assets: in the declaration for 2025, already in the position of Deputy Director of the State Enterprise "Izmail Sea Commercial Port", Erokhin indicated that he only owned an apartment in the city of Donetsk. At the same time, a residential building and a land plot in the city of Izmail were declared for his mother.
At the same time, in 2023, Erokhin purchased a Toyota Land Cruiser 150 worth 400,000 hryvnias.
Erokhin's income for the same year was 1,665,403 UAH.
The official declared $280,000 in cash.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded to the criminal scheme in a timely manner, handing over suspicions to all its participants.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, Erokhin was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
https://lb.ua/society/2025/12/12/711463_nabu_pidozryuie_kerivnitstvo.html
https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/nabu-i-sap-vikrili-shemu-24-mln-griven-izmayilskomu-1765466779.html
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/2417a2a0-e16c-40ec-8449-6feeb428b8cf