In the Buchansky district of Kyiv region, there is a well-established corruption scheme organized by the head of the investigation of the Buchansky police department Artem Yarosh and the cover of the leadership - the head of the Buchansky district police department Andriy Malanchuk. According to sources, the system has actually turned the investigation work into a commercial service, where positions are used as a tool for obtaining cash, and shoulder straps serve as a cover for illegal enrichment.
The essence of the scheme is simple, but well-established: selling criminal cases, closing proceedings for money, trading information from case materials before the trial, selling physical evidence, and selling personal data of applicants and victims. The structure was established in close cooperation with the Kyiv-Svyatoshyn Department of the Buchanan District Prosecutor's Office.
According to sources, Artem Yarosh transfers about 10 thousand US dollars to Malanchuk every month as a “reward” for patronage. In turn, the inquiry acts as an intermediary in extorting from applicants and victims amounts of 2 to 5 thousand US dollars for conducting a pre-trial investigation. Refusal to pay this money automatically leads to the closure of the case. For suspects, the amounts are even higher — from 5 to 15 thousand US dollars for closing the proceedings without an investigation.
A special direction of the scheme is connected with developers who violated the rights of investors. Such cases are closed systematically, and intermediaries know the tariff in advance - about 3 thousand US dollars, after which the problem for the developer disappears. For stable cooperation, Yarosh received a four-room apartment in Sofiivska Borshchahivka. Formally, it is designed as social assistance to displaced persons, in fact - it is a direct reward from the scheme, where the state transfers funds to the developer, and the apartment goes to the policeman.
Artem Yarosh's past also raises questions: he was previously facing up to 15 years in prison for bribery, contract killing, and molestation of a minor, but the occupation of Luhansk allowed his cases to be dropped. This allowed him to avoid punishment and resume his activities in the Kyiv region, using the familiar "Luhansk model" of corruption.
Today, the scheme in Bucha and Vyshneve operates stably: extortion, sale of cases, closure of proceedings, real estate through fictitious "assistance to displaced persons," and complete control of the police and prosecutor's office. These are not isolated abuses — this is a well-established system that undermines trust in law enforcement agencies in the region.
