At Tyshchenko’s, 500 thousand dollars and 400 thousand euros of undeclared cash were found

At Tyshchenko’s, 500 thousand dollars and 400 thousand euros of undeclared cash were found

A Member of Parliament from the Verkhovna Rada representing the "Servant of the People" party, Mykola Tyshchenko, is being investigated because the value of the property he actually uses significantly exceeds his legal income.

The case is being investigated as part of a criminal proceeding under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code - "Illegal Enrichment".

The investigation is focused on several properties and a car that were registered under a third party, but according to investigators, were used by the deputy and his family.

An apartment, a house, and two plots of land with a market value exceeding 30 million hryvnias were registered to a businessman close to the deputy using a notary’s executory endorsement. A Mercedes-Benz V 250 (2016 model) was purchased for 1.62 million hryvnias, but it is also registered to him.

The investigation has determined that the value of this property significantly exceeds the income of the nominal owner. It is likely that such schemes were used to avoid declaration.

In June 2024, investigators conducted searches in the apartments of the deputy and his wife. The results of the searches were surprising. In the deputy’s apartment, 171.55 thousand dollars, 150 thousand euros, and a luxury ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE watch were seized. In his wife Alla Baranovska’s apartment - 320 thousand dollars and 240.1 thousand euros.

In his 2023 declaration, the deputy indicated substantial amounts of cash, which he claims are the result of his wife’s entrepreneurial activity. However, the investigation doubts the legality of these incomes.

The NABU investigation draws attention to an interesting coincidence: immediately after the deputy received the mandate in 2019, his wife began to receive substantial income from entrepreneurial activities. Her father also significantly enriched himself upon registering as an entrepreneur.

The income of the deputy and his family from 1998 to 2024 is distributed as follows: the deputy received 7.5 million hryvnias; his wife - 42.6 million hryvnias, with the majority of this amount having appeared only after 2019. NABU believes that this trend may indicate the use of income from close individuals to legitimize illegal funds.

Additionally, during the review of Tyshchenko’s father’s income, it was established that he received 12.5 million hryvnias from the first quarter of 1998 to the second quarter of 2024, of which from 2000 to 2019 inclusive, it was 212 thousand hryvnias. Since September 2020, he has been registered as an individual entrepreneur on a simplified tax system, after which his income also began to grow sharply. This trend has formed and persisted since Tyshchenko received his parliamentary powers up to the present.

The detective notes that since 2016, Tyshchenko, and later his father, have received income from LLC "Infosstyle" (Company "Concord").

According to detectives, the analysis of the income and expenses of the deputy and his family indicates possible attempts to conceal the real sources of funds. In particular, the deputy’s 2023 declaration raises reasonable doubts: the wife’s entrepreneurial income does not explain the significant amounts of cash and luxury property.