Case description
The NABU and the SAPO accuse Kyiv City Council member Serhii Krymchak and his cousin Vasyl Temianynets of misappropriation of municipal land in Kyiv.
According to the prosecution, then-member of the council and Secretary of the Kyiv City Council's Land Relations Commission, Serhii Krymchak, took advantage of his access to information about municipal land plots in the capital to organize a scheme to acquire six land plots in the Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv, with a total value of over UAH 2.5 million. To carry out the scheme, he enlisted the help of his cousin, Vasyl Temianynets, who acted as an accomplice by identifying individuals to formally register ownership of municipal land plots.
The council member initiated consideration of the land allocation issue by submitting a personal letter to the relevant commission. Following this, the suspect’s cousin persuaded the nominal acquirers to issue powers of attorney in his name to represent their interests. Based on those powers of attorney, he subsequently transferred the authority to the council member's assistant.
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Using these powers of attorney, the assistant formally registered the land plots under the nominal owners' names and subsequently managed them. However, none of these individuals ever used the land or were even aware they had become its legal owners.
Later, during a session of the Kyiv City Council, Krymchak, along with other council members, voted in favor of a decision that approved the land transfers.
After that, Krymchak personally submitted a letter to initiate the consideration of the land allocation by the relevant committee, and later voted in favor of the allocation himself during a session of the Kyiv City Council.
As a result, six land plots, totaling 0.47 hectares, were transferred to pre-selected individuals. Subsequent investigations revealed that the land had been transferred based on forged documents.
Krymchak’s actions were charged under Articles 191(5), 358(3), 358(4), and 209(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and Temianynets’s actions — under Articles 191(5) and 209(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
