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Fictitious Divorce: Head of Cherkasy Regional National Police Department Hides Property Registered to His Wife

Ivan Tychyna. Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak
Ivan Tychyna. Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak

A police officer registered nine plots of land to his wife, from whom he had conveniently divorced.

The head of the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police of Cherkasy region, Ivan Tychyna, acquired eight plots of land in Chernivtsi region within two years of working in law enforcement and registered them in his wife's name. He later used a fictitious divorce from her to conceal his rapid enrichment. This is reported by journalist Vasyl Krutchak on Facebook. 

According to the journalist, Tychyna registered all eight plots of land acquired in 2018 in the villages of Mihovo and Hodyliv in Chernivtsi region in his wife's name — Iryna Tychyna.

After the facts of the Tychyna family's rapid enrichment were made public in the media, the law enforcement officer filed for divorce from his wife in 2019 "to conceal corruption schemes". Soon after, Tychyna bought a 206.6 square metre house in the village of Hatne in Kyiv region and registered it in the name of his former wife.

Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak
Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak
Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak
Photo: facebook.com/vkrutchak

The journalist also publishes a video in which he speaks with workers carrying out renovation work at the house he acquired. In the conversation, the workers confirm that Ivan and Iryna Tychyna come together to check on the progress of the work.