The State Bureau of Investigation searched the car of Borisov, the former head of the Odessa Regional Anti-Corruption Center

Yevgeny Borisov, the former head of the Odessa Regional Territorial Control Center and Joint Stock Company, was stopped at a checkpoint while leaving Kyiv. Agents from the State Bureau of Investigation conducted a search as part of an investigation into the alleged laundering of illicit funds.

This was reported by the publication Babel.

State Bureau of Investigation officers stopped a BMW in which Yevgeny Borisov, the former head of the Odessa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, was traveling. According to law enforcement sources, this occurred at one of the checkpoints as he was leaving Kyiv.

As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers conducted searches. These are related to criminal proceedings regarding the possible laundering of funds which, according to the investigation, were obtained illegally.

Earlier, a court ruled to transfer a number of assets linked to the official’s family to the ARMA for management. These include a house worth approximately 4 million euros, office space in the Spanish resort town of Marbella worth over 500,000 euros, and three cars.

The story surrounding Borisov gained widespread attention in the summer of 2023 following a journalistic investigation that reported on his family’s purchase of luxury real estate and expensive cars in Spain during a full-scale war. Following the publication of the report, authorities launched a large-scale audit of the activities of regional recruitment centers across the country, and Borisov was dismissed from his post.

Subsequently, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention announced that there were indications of illicit enrichment by the official amounting to over 188 million hryvnias. In July 2023, he was detained and charged with several offenses, including illicit enrichment and evasion of military service.

In 2024, after his release from pretrial detention, he was re-arrested and faced new charges, specifically regarding the laundering of illicit proceeds amounting to over 142 million hryvnias. Investigators also alleged that a non-combat injury may have been falsely classified as a combat injury, allowing him to receive additional payments from the state budget.

In May, the court refused to remove the electronic ankle monitor from the former Odessa military commissar. The judges ruled that in Yevgeny Borisov’s case, there was reasonable suspicion that he would attempt to flee. 

Анна Бальчінос