The NABU and the SAPO suspect the director general of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, Leonid Shyman, and two other individuals of embezzling and laundering UAH 3.2 million in public funds during the procurement of measuring instruments.

Pavlohrad Chemical Plant is a state-owned enterprise in Ukraine's chemical industry that produces explosives as well as industrial and household products for civilian use. Leonid Shyman has served as general director and chief designer of solid-fuel rocket engines at the state enterprise since 1999. In March 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Shyman as General Designer for the development of munitions and explosives. In early June 2025, it became known that the enterprise had a new head, with Dmytro Vashnevskyi becoming acting CEO.

According to investigators, during 2015–2016 the then CEO of the PCP Research and Production Association, Leonid Shyman, colluded with Oleksandr Stasenko, the owner of a private company, to profit from a corruption scheme. Their cooperation concerned the procurement of measuring instruments for the state enterprise's needs at unjustifiably inflated prices.

Under the terms of the contract, Stasenko's company received an advance payment from PCP amounting to 40% of the total, yet it deliberately delayed delivery of the equipment, citing the falling hryvnia exchange rate, even though the goods were in fact available. As a result, the contract was canceled, and during a new tender victory was once again artificially secured for the same private company owned by Stasenko. The company ultimately supplied the instruments, but at significantly higher prices, accompanied by the forgery of documents to clear customs procedures and, during the tender procedures, to create the appearance of competition.

Implementing the scheme caused the state enterprise substantial losses: the direct overpayment for the purchased products amounted to UAH 2.3 million, while the enterprise lost a further UAH 853,000 in foregone profits.

It should also be emphasized that the supplier company transferred €43,500 to the foreign accounts of an offshore company registered in the Marshall Islands. The owner of this entity is Shyman's wife, and the funds themselves were disguised as payment for fictitious agency services.

Leonid Shyman's actions were classified under Article 191(5), Article 364(2), and Article 209(2); Oleksandr Stasenko's actions under Article 27(2) and Article 191(5), and Article 209(2); and those of the private enterprise's accountant under Article 358(1) and (4) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The NABU declared entrepreneur Oleksandr Stasenko wanted after he failed to appear for questioning.

This is not the first case against Leonid Shyman. He is also a suspect in a case concerning the supply of UAH 3.3 billion worth of defective mortar mines to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a case concerning the embezzlement of UAH 102.4 million during the procurement of explosive reactive armor for AFU armored vehicles, and a case concerning abuse of office during the development of engines and warheads for Ukrainian missiles worth UAH 28.4 million.

In addition, Shyman and PCP commercial director Valerii Shyman are accused in a case involving more than UAH 43.3 million in losses inflicted on PCP through the sale of industrial explosives under a similar scheme. In a separate case, Valerii Kyrylov received a sentence of four years' imprisonment for involving intermediary companies in the sale of explosives produced by the plant.