Andriy Kavetskyi, Head of the Main Directorate of StateGeoCadastre in the Lviv region, was caught red-handed attempting to bribe an officer of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) with $30,000. The official tried to buy his way out of a lifestyle audit initiated by the agency in late 2025. Following his arrest, a court ordered Kavetskyi held in custody with bail set at 89.8 million UAH.
According to investigators, upon learning of the ongoing probe, Kavetskyi persistently sought a private meeting with the head of an NACP department in June 2026. The cash transfer was executed under law enforcement control. The 42-year-old official has officially been charged under Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (offering an improper advantage to a public official).
Kavetskyi has led the Lviv Regional Land Agency for nearly a decade, holding the position since 2015. During his tenure, he became a central figure in three criminal land fraud cases—most notably an attempted illegal transfer of nearly 27 hectares of land near Lviv valued at 113 million UAH. Despite three formal attempts to dismiss him, Kavetskyi successfully avoided removal each time through court acquittals.
While Kavetskyi submitted virtually empty financial disclosures for years, recent reports exposed severe discrepancies between his official income and actual lifestyle:
Real Estate: Officially, Kavetskyi declared living in a one-room Lviv apartment owned by his wife’s brother, alongside registration at his parents’ flat in the Rivne region. However, his mother-in-law owns two luxury estates in elite Lviv suburbs—Solonka and Malechkovychi—with the latter property valued at upwards of $200,000.
Luxury Vehicle Fleet: Over the years, the official and his wife relied on a fleet of high-end vehicles registered to third parties, including a Lexus LS 460, Audi Q8, BMW 7 Series, Jaguar XJ, and a Lexus LS 600h.
«Most registered owners of the luxury cars used by the region’s chief land official turned out to be his former university peers from Dublyany, with their contact numbers often tagged as ‘from Kavetskyi’ in phone databases,» noted investigative journalists from NGL.media.
The investigation remains ongoing. If convicted on corruption charges, Kavetskyi faces four to eight years in prison alongside the potential confiscation of his assets.