Police officer Rybyanskyi is suspected of misappropriating 400 thousand dollars seized in the case of businessman Chemer

Police officer Rybyanskyi is suspected of misappropriating 400 thousand dollars seized in the case of businessman Chemer

Journalists investigated a story related to police officer Yuriy Rybyanskyi, who misappropriated 400 thousand dollars seized in a criminal case. And we can assure you that this situation is far from as straightforward as it might seem at first glance.

Let’s start from the beginning. In December 2022, the Darnytsia District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv reported the exposure of an entrepreneur who illegally sold humanitarian aid worth 20 thousand dollars for profit during martial law (Case No. 42022102020000110: Part 3 of Article 201-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). This refers to Vadym Chemer, the owner of Domio Group.

During the investigation, the sale of 290 first aid kits and two thermal imaging sights totaling 20 thousand dollars was documented. At that time, 305 thousand dollars, 34 thousand euros, and 622 thousand hryvnias were seized, which, for unknown reasons, had been stored at the police for several years.

In addition, during the investigation, the police of the Darnytsia District Department seized 91 diesel generators of the KALEJEN 9500ЕХ-ОРАК brand of the KALEJEN 9800ESSC-CRAFT brand. All of this took place with the consent of corrupt prosecutor’s office employees.

All the aid was purchased by Chemer with his own funds and the funds of his Polish company. As for the "Unchain Ukraine" fund, everything it supplied was paid for by Chemer himself, as the fund did not pay him a single penny.

According to the lawyer, Kyiv entrepreneur Vadym Chemer of Domio Group is accused of selling allegedly humanitarian goods to a person who posed as a volunteer. The defense believes this was a pre-planned provocation against the businessman aimed at seizing his funds and generators worth over 10 million hryvnias.

Currently, Rybyanskyi has been notified of suspicion under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in Case No. 42025102020000095. However, to be honest, without the involvement of the prosecutor’s office, this story would have no meaning.

At that time, the head of the Darnytsia Prosecutor’s Office was Viktor Lohachov (since the summer of this year, he has held the position of prosecutor of Chernivtsi Oblast). The procedural supervisor is Anton Onatsko, who works at the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.

The Rybyanskyi case is a "Titanic" that will sink many careers.