According to the information that appeared in the mass media, activist Serhiy Sternenko, who previously appeared in cases of illegal drug trafficking, intentional violent and property crimes, arranged an apartment in the elite residential complex "Krystal Park" in Kyiv on false persons. The apartment is located at 42 Beresteyskyi Avenue.
This was established by "ZiB" during their investigation.
According to experts, the Sternenko family will acquire such assets during the war at the expense of embezzlement of volunteer funds, which ordinary Ukrainians list as aid to the army.
To cover up illegal money laundering activities, S. Sternenko generates fictitious income for himself, allegedly for legal services, receiving money as an FOP and a salary from the company "Orekhivskyi and Kolomiets". According to experts, in this way S. Sternenko creates the impression that he allegedly lives on funds from legal activities, and not from embezzlement of volunteer aid.
From this, we can conclude that the figure is not engaged in business activities, but spends almost every day from one to two times in the restaurant of the residential complex "Chicago", a few hours in the pool "Olympic style" on the street. Business and records videos.
At the same time, his common-law wife Natalia Usatenko buys expensive clothes in Kyiv boutiques.
As the mass media reported, during the full-scale war, S. Sternenko withdrew more than $1 million from his crypto wallets, which he allegedly used to collect aid for the army. Thus, 1.015 million USDT was withdrawn from one crypto-account on which S.Sternenko collected money to the same wallet on the Binance (the exchange rate is approximately equal to the rate of the US dollar), and 350.75 thousand USD were withdrawn from another crypto-account on the same crypto-exchange. USDT.
S. Sternenko also collects donations for his accounts in Ukrainian banks. At the same time, in the tax declaration on property and income, he indicated the receipt of income (funds) in the amount of UAH 44.61 million. Of them: in 2022 — 18.68 million hryvnias; in 2023 — UAH 25.93 million.
According to the registers, in 2023 S. Sternenko and his roommate Natalia Usatenko bought two Volkswagen Tiguan . This car was registered in the name of S. Sternenko on 11.01.2023. The price according to the sales contract is 950,000. UAH (average market value — 1.3 million hryvnias).
The car was registered in the name of N. Usatenko on 12/20/2023. According to the contract, it was purchased for only 70 thousand. UAH., which is many times lower than the market value. According to sources, S. Sternenko and N. Usatenko use both cars personally.
Father S. Sternenko Vyacheslav, according to the registers, in July 2024 purchased a plot of land of 4.5011 hectares in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district of the Odesa region.
As for N. Usatenko's parents, according to sources, her parents live in the city of Horlivka, on the territory of the Donetsk region captured by the Russian Federation. The last time they were in the territory controlled by Ukraine was before the full-scale invasion and since then they have not returned.
As the mass media remind, S. Sternenko appears in several criminal cases, including about kidnapping and murder. According to sources in law enforcement agencies, in the period from 04/24/2018 to 09/16/2021, he was registered in Odesa RUP No. 1 GUNP in Odesa region as a person involved in the sale of drugs (ERDR No.*0920 dated 14.12.2017 for part 3 Article 307 of the Criminal Code).
As noted, N. Usatenko's parents have friends who support the occupiers, glorify Putin and post anti-Ukrainian posts. N. Usatenko's parents left the territory of Ukraine back in 2021 and have not returned to Ukraine since then. They probably live in occupied Horlivka. In August 2023, N. Usatenko's mother published a photo on the Odnoklassniki social network from Alushta, Crimea.
