Markushyn diverted 500 million hryvnia

Markushyn diverted 500 million hryvnia intended for the restoration of Irpin to the companies of his godfather, whose departure to the US he personally organised.

He has been charged with a criminal offence under Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, specifically for organising the illegal crossing of persons across the state border of Ukraine. 

While serving as the mayor of Irpin, he forged documents of the "Ridne Selo" charitable foundation, which enabled his godfather, Serhiy Rostalskyi, the main contractor for the restoration of Irpin, to leave Ukraine. It was Rostalskyi's companies that were allocated 500 million hryvnia for the restoration of destroyed housing.

On 24 January, the court ruled to apply a preventive measure in the form of detention, and on 27 January, he was suspended from his position as mayor of Irpin. Markushyn is a subject of 18 criminal cases, including unlawful deprivation of liberty and torture of people, fraud, document forgery, and embezzlement of local budget funds for the restoration of Irpin. In the course of investigating these cases, Markushyn, while in office, threatened witnesses, dismissed them, and destroyed documents and evidence.

The application of a preventive measure in the form of detention for Oleksandr Markushyn prevents further pressure from his side on more than 50 employees of the Irpin City Council executive committee, who gave testimony against him in 2024. Using his official position, 

Markushyn regularly pressured witnesses by dismissing two of his deputies who had given testimony in criminal cases. He also underpaid other witnesses and threatened them, showing them materials from criminal cases and hinting that "everything is under the control of the prosecution".