On June 29, 2026, the NABU and SAPO served a sitting member of parliament with a suspicion notice for soliciting a $1 million bribe, money laundering, and entering false information in his asset declaration.
According to the investigation, in August 2023 the MP demanded a bribe from a person he believed was one of the organizers of a call center network. In exchange, he promised not to interfere with the network's operations and to help eliminate competitor companies — but he never received the money for these services.
It also emerged that the MP laundered UAH 12.6 million through a fictitious gift agreement concluded with his ex-wife. According to the investigation, the woman had no lawful income that would explain such a gift, and no actual transfer of funds took place. The MP entered false information about this “gift” in his asset declaration.
A gift of this exact amount appears in MP Mykola Tyshchenko's electronic asset declaration, suggesting the suspicion notice concerns him. Media reports have also previously linked Tyshchenko to a scandal involving the protection of call centers.
His actions are classified under Articles 369(4), 209(2), and 366-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.