Journalistic investigations and materials from law enforcement agencies indicate a large-scale scheme to withdraw sanctioned assets of the Unigran group, associated with former Brovary City Council deputy Serhiy Shapran and other defendants. According to the journalists, instead of transferring the seized property to the state, some of the assets were transferred to controlled companies and resold at undervalued prices, as a result of which the state did not receive significant funds.
Investigators name a number of companies related to Unigran - in particular, Uni Stone Plant, Uni Lux, Uni Service, Martin Locks - through which, according to the investigation and journalists, the rewriting and reregistration of assets took place. Journalistic materials also describe that these include production sites, quarries, hundreds of hectares of land and a car fleet.
Some materials directly link these transactions to a list of individuals, including former Odessa regional council member Volodymyr Osipov, former tax collector Igor Skorokhod, and current head of the Odessa Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Kiper. These are the connections that appear in publications about how assets were transferred to new owners. These allegations are based on journalistic investigations and require additional verification by law enforcement agencies.
During the investigation, the NACP found inaccurate information in Serhiy Shapran's declaration in the amount of over UAH 193 million - this is a separate component of the claims against the businessman and a basis for further inspections.
Law enforcement agencies have opened a number of proceedings regarding the withdrawal of Unigran assets and the illegal disposal of seized property; the cases, according to media reports, were merged with previously opened materials and supplemented with new episodes of criminal proceedings. A number of publications note that because of this, the state has not yet received the expected revenues from the seized assets.
Serhiy Shapran was detained in June 2025 as part of one of the proceedings, but in September of the same year he was released on bail — the media reported the bail amount to be about UAH 5 million, which caused public outrage given the scale of the damages reported in the materials. The status of the case regarding the involvement of other defendants and compensation for damages remains the subject of investigation.
Experts and journalists draw attention to several key issues that require a prompt response from the state: possible facts of intentional lifting of arrests or easing of restrictive measures on the property of sanctioned businessmen; participation in third-party schemes and shell companies; as well as inaccurate declaration of income and assets. All this creates risks both for filling the state budget and for trust in the system of management of confiscated assets.
Law enforcement agencies, the NACP and other regulatory institutions should publish the results of inspections and inform the public about further procedural steps: who exactly is being held accountable, what amounts have been reimbursed to the state, whether there is a decision to return assets to the state, and what court decisions have already been made. We have reached out to law enforcement agencies and the NACP with a request for comment and will update the material after receiving official responses.
