Ex-director of a company from Kherson region stole budget funds and fled to Switzerland

Kherson is investigating the embezzlement of budget funds during the construction of medical facilities. The suspect fled to Switzerland and is now on the international wanted list.

This is stated in the decision of the Zavodsky District Court of Mykolaiv.

The ex-director of the Kherson-based company Teplogazmerezha is suspected of large-scale misappropriation of budget funds allocated for the construction of medical facilities. According to the investigation, the official, having considerable experience in the construction industry and heading several companies at once, used his official position to illegally obtain funds from the regional budget.

According to the investigation, the suspect, Ihor Lukianov, who had been heading the company since 2020, specializing in the construction of residential and non-residential buildings, entered false data in the acts of work performed. Thanks to these fictitious documents, he received payment from the state budget for allegedly completed work that was not actually completed.

In April 2019, the Department of Construction and Infrastructure Development of the Kherson Regional State Administration and Teplogazmerezha LLC signed an agreement for the construction of the Chongar Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic worth more than 5.3 million. However, forensic examinations and financial documents, including acceptance certificates for May-September 2020 worth more than UAH 3 million, indicate falsifications and overstatement of the scope and cost of work performed.

Teplohazmerezha LLC has repeatedly won state tenders - 24 in total, 9 of which were during the period of the suspect's leadership. The head of the company owned several other construction companies. Among them, according to Youcontrol.World, are BUD KOM LLC, Tavriya Construction Company LLC, OMEGA, Petrovets boarding house, and Lazurne Tourist Group LLC. And according to the VKURSI resource, he is also the founder of the SE PF "PARNAS".

According to media reports, in 2016, one of Lukianov's companies was involved in an investigation related to a loan agreement, repairs to heating networks, and poor quality work.

According to law enforcement, the suspect has been evading interrogations since the beginning of the investigation. In June 2025, he was officially put on the international wanted list. According to intelligence, he may be in Switzerland, where he has a residence permit issued until January 2024.

Therefore, the court granted permission to conduct a special pre-trial investigation, which allows the case to be investigated without the presence of the suspect. He was charged with abuse of office, misappropriation of budget funds on a large scale (Art. 191(2) and (4) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), and forgery (Art. 366(1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The former head of the company was served a notice of suspicion in early July. According to the investigation, he conspired with engineer Pavlo Andriyevsky, who was in charge of technical supervision, to misappropriate funds allocated by the Construction Department of the Kherson Regional State Administration for the construction of outpatient clinics. Andriyevsky's case has already been referred to court.

Анна Бальчінос