Call centers, ex-wife and $1 million: Tishchenko faces a new criminal case
He later reported the suspicious millions in his declaration as legal income
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have notified a sitting People’s Deputy of Ukraine of suspicion. According to media reports, this concerns Mykola Tyshchenko, who is suspected of requesting an improper benefit, legalizing funds of illegal origin, and submitting knowingly false information in a declaration.
About the new criminal proceeding June 29, 2026 reported NABU.
According to the investigation, in August 2023 the People’s Deputy hid behind combating the activities of so-called “call centers”, but at the same time requested from a person he considered involved in that business more than 1 million US dollars in improper benefit.
For that money the deputy allegedly promised to use his powers to intervene in the operation of some “call centers” in favor of that person. At the same time, other similar structures he, according to the investigation, was to refrain from obstructing.
NABU said what exactly the People’s Deputy allegedly offered to do for more than 1 million US dollars.
“For this he promised to use his powers to intervene in the activities of some “call centers” in the interests of this person and not to obstruct the work of others. However, he did not receive the improper benefit,” the report says.
Thus, according to the anti-corruption authorities, the agreed money was in fact not received by the deputy. However, the investigation believes that the very request to provide an improper benefit and the proposed scheme for using parliamentary powers contain signs of a criminal offense.
A separate episode concerns the origin of UAH 12.6 million.
According to NABU and SAP, the deputy legalized funds of illegal origin through a fictitious gift agreement concluded with his ex-wife.
The investigation established that the woman did not have lawful income sufficient for such a gift. In addition, detectives assert that the actual transfer of UAH 12.6 million between the former spouses did not take place at all.
Despite this, the deputy recorded the stated sum as received income in his annual declaration. According to the investigation, by doing so he intentionally entered knowingly false information into the document and attempted to give illegal funds the appearance of legal income.
The actions of the People’s Deputy were qualified by NABU and SAP under:
- part 4 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
These are criminal proceedings related to the solicitation of an improper benefit, legalization of property obtained by criminal means, and declaring false information.
Law enforcement continues to establish all circumstances of the alleged crimes, as well as other people who may have been involved.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a conviction of the court.
This is not the first criminal case in which People’s Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko is involved.
As early as June 25, 2024, the State Bureau of Investigations notified him of suspicion in the unlawful deprivation of liberty of a former serviceman in Dnipro. The incident itself took place on June 20, 2024.
According to the investigation, a group of people acting on the instructions of the People’s Deputy unlawfully detained the former serviceman using physical force and special means and caused him bodily injuries.
During procedural actions, Mykola Tyshchenko, according to the prosecutor, smashed not one but two mobile phones against a table.
That same day, June 25, 2024, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv imposed on the deputy a preventive measure in the form of 24-hour house arrest.
On September 19, 2024, the court extended the 24-hour house arrest and the obligation to wear an electronic bracelet for another 2 months.
On December 23, 2024, the deputy did not appear at the court hearing. The defense explained the absence by heart problems. As a result, the court at that time did not manage to extend the preventive measure.
On January 27, 2025, the court again placed Mykola Tyshchenko under 24-hour house arrest for a period of 2 months. Later the preventive measure was changed to night-time house arrest.
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