Recently, it has become fashionable among Ukrainian law enforcement officers to take bribes in cryptocurrency.
Laundering millions from the purchase and sale of cryptocurrency, registering wealth obtained through bribes to relatives and dummies - this is how the head of the Department for Supervision of Compliance with Laws by the State Bureau of Investigation of the GPU, Vitaly Nikolaevich Brovko, has already “earned” himself for a considerable period of time.
Position for a "beggar"
One of prosecutor Vitaly Brovko’s schemes looks like this.
The property is transferred to relatives, in particular, mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Then they transfer it - as well as other property - back. For free use. At the same time, the prosecutor’s family receives substantial gifts in cash from these same generous relatives.
So, in 2016, Brovko, working as the head of the investigative department of the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk region, sold real estate worth 875 thousand UAH to his mother-in-law Obertun Svetlana Nikolaevna. In turn, his wife received from her another 125 thousand UAH as a gift.
A year later, mother-in-law Svetlana gave the Brovko family 400 thousand UAH, and the father of prosecutor Brovko Nikolai Nikolaevich added another 259 thousand UAH.
As our publication's journalists learned, similar practices were later repeated several times.
An interesting detail: everything lasted until prosecutor Vitaly Brovko formally turned into practically a “beggar.” All he has left is his salary, relatively small financial savings and loan obligations.
As the journalists of our publication noticed, this moment strangely coincided with the promotion of the prosecutor. In 2020, Vitaly Brovko received the position of Deputy Head of the Department in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
One gets the impression that only poor citizens who do not have their own property are employed in responsible positions in the GPU - at least officially.
The scheme with the cars used by Vitaly Brovko and his wife is also interesting. In 2019, the couple sells their TOYOTA: Avensis and Camry - and begins to use exclusively cars registered in the name of other people.
In particular, the mother-in-law first provided the prosecutor with a 2017 TOYOTA RAV4 for use, and subsequently a 2020 LEXUS RX450 for almost 2 million 650 thousand UAH. Obertun’s father-in-law, Sergei Ivanovich, did not lag behind, and in January 2022 he provided his son-in-law with a TOYOTA HIGHLANDER in 2019.
Crypto sharpie Vitaly Brovko
The multi-million dollar crypto game over several years is the most interesting part of our investigative journalism.
In February 2017, Vitaly Brovko’s wife bought cryptocurrency for the first time ; it was Ethereum, in the amount of 80,997 UAH. Let us remember that at the beginning of 2017 its price was $8. Consequently, according to the exchange rate of that time, a woman could purchase no more than 375 pieces. this crypt.
Next year it sells a small portion of said currency. According to the calculations of journalists of our publication, the proceeds at the official Ethereum rate by that time could not exceed 600 thousand UAH. However, in the declaration, the amount of the sale of cryptocurrency is for some reason much higher – 3 million 365 thousand UAH. This is a classic sign of a money laundering scheme.
In 2019, Vitaly Brovko’s wife will purchase 5 Bitcoin, the highest rate of which then fluctuated around $6,300. But she declared 1 million 600 thousand UAH after selling the balance of Ethereum, which also does not correspond to reality.
Next year, in 2020, in the declaration she indicates ownership of 4 Bitcoins in the amount of 3 million 246 thousand 187 UAH, which again cannot correspond to reality.
After all, the highest speculative price of Bitcoin in 2019-2020 was UAH 300 thousand. That is, for her 4 Bitcoins one could actually get no more than 1 million 200 thousand UAH.
At the same time, the prosecutor’s wife miraculously managed to sell 1 more Bitcoin for 692 thousand 312 UAH, which was more than twice the real price.
In 2021, the Brovko family, which at that time did not officially have any significant wealth, will acquire USTD in the amount of 20 million 292 thousand UAH, which is the equivalent of approximately 772 thousand US dollars.
It is clear that the 4 Bitcoins that were owned by the prosecutor’s wife, along with other family savings, did not in any way correspond to such a purchase.
In 2022, there were no significant movements with crypto in the Brovko family, with the exception of a sale of UAH 1 million 900 thousand. But already in December 2023, under the Christmas tree, the couple will again acquire a variety of cryptocurrency for a total amount of 25 million 822 thousand UAH. Officially, while remaining a family with a very modest income.
Even on the basis of these episodes, one can easily draw a conclusion: sooner or later, appropriate “supervision” will be provided to prosecutor Vitaly Brovko. After all, not only Ukrainian law enforcement officers are interested in him, but also representatives of international authorities to identify fraud in cryptocurrency transactions. Every game has its own ending.
