Journalists have uncovered significant discrepancies between the official asset declaration and the actual lifestyle of Anatolii Maidanevych, a judge at the Northern Appellate Commercial Court. Despite a 25-year career in the judiciary and declaring no personal property or vehicles, the judge resides in a luxury estate near Kyiv, drives a high-end car free of charge, and has gifted millions of hryvnias to relatives.
According to the investigation, Maidanevych officially declared only a land plot. However, his family actually resides in a house measuring over 239 square meters in the suburbs of Kyiv.
Concurrently, since 2006, the judge’s family has been renting a 106-square-meter apartment directly from the Kyiv City Council.
While declaring no personal vehicles, Judge Maidanevych has been using a Mercedes-Benz ML 320 free of charge since 2017, registered to Anatolii Voronetskyi, an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this, Maidanevych had a Suzuki Grand Vitara under similar «free-use» terms.
Despite these apparent savings, financial records reveal that over the past seven years, the judge officially gifted 3.5 million UAH in cash to his relatives. Following these revelations, journalists submitted a formal request to the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) to investigate potential illicit enrichment.
«Anatolii Maidanevych regularly transferred sums ranging from 300,000 to 1 million UAH to relatives, raising serious questions regarding the alignment of these gifts with his official judicial salary.»
The Maidanevych family holds considerable influence across state and judicial institutions:
Wife: Employed at the State Register of Civil Status Acts (DRACSS) and holds shares in a wood-processing plant tied to the owners of the former iBox Bank.
Children and Niece: Hold positions in courts across various jurisdictions.
In addition to scrutiny over his assets, Maidanevych’s professional rulings have raised questions. He recently presided over a commercial case where the panel effectively permitted the energy giant DTEK to use private electrical grids free of charge.