Investigators of the Bucha District Police Department have served notices of suspicion on 14 participants in a scheme of illegal payouts under the eRecovery (єВідновлення) programme in the Borodianka community. The Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv region announced it on 17 September. The SBU office for Kyiv and Kyiv region provided operational support, and the Bucha District Prosecutor's Office supervises the case.

According to the police, the scheme was organised by an official of the settlement council in the Borodianka community; property owners and construction specialists were brought in to run it.

How intact houses became ruins

False information about the degree of damage and the technical condition of buildings was entered into technical documents and inspection reports. Those papers then went into state information systems, and the state paid compensation for housing the war had not destroyed.

Bucha District Prosecutor's Office employee in front of a white house with a metal roofPhoto: Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
An employee of the Bucha District Prosecutor's Office by one of the houses. The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office released these frames with the notice of suspicion.

According to the investigation, houses that had not been destroyed by russian aggression, and in some cases had no damage at all, were recorded in documents as destroyed.

Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Officeofficial statement, 17 September 2026

Who the 14 suspects are

The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office detailed the group: the organiser, two perpetrators, an accomplice, seven homeowners and three construction specialists. According to the investigation, the scheme ran in 2022–2025, and the money received from the budget was shared among the participants.

Closed rusty gate and a wooden fence by a brick housePhoto: Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
The yard of one of the houses captured by the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The police classified the actions of three members of the organised group as official forgery and misappropriation of budget funds through abuse of office, while 11 other suspects are charged with fraud on an especially large scale. The articles carry up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The money is already being returned

Investigators estimate the loss to the state at almost UAH 25 million. During the investigation, one of the suspects voluntarily repaid more than UAH 3 million and transferred another UAH 3 million to the Armed Forces. The pre-trial investigation continues: all circumstances and other persons possibly involved are being established.

Bucha District Prosecutor's Office employee in front of a brick house windowPhoto: Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
An employee of the Bucha District Prosecutor's Office in front of a window of one of the houses, its glass intact.

A week ago, Kyiv region police reported suspicion against four people in Vyshneve, where the community signed a UAH 315 million lease and received a 2008 cogeneration unit that did not work.

As a reminder, the Borodianka administrative service centre trained to handle complex compensation cases for destroyed housing.

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