Dmytro Chalyi hid part of his assets from declaration

Former head of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company, Dmytro Chalyi, has found himself at the centre of a scandal. He not only failed to file a declaration upon dismissal but also omitted information about real estate, cars, and family ties.

Appointment without competition and concealment of declarations

Chalyi, who had no experience in the port sector, served as deputy director of the Chornomorsk and Odesa Sea Port Terminals in 2016–2017. Despite this, he was appointed head of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company without a competitive selection process.

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) did not verify his declarations for 2016–2017, and Chalyi himself did not submit an income report after his dismissal. A declaration for 2018 is also missing.

Hidden relatives and undeclared assets

One of the main violations was the concealment of his common-law wife, Iryna Krol, who is the sister of People’s Deputy Oleh Dunda’s partner. In official documents, Chalyi listed only his daughter, Eleonora Dmytrivna Krol.

Notably, in 2014, the Pecherskyy District Court, at the suit of Iryna Krol, registered Chalyi as the father of the girl, despite the fact that he is not her biological father.

Officially, the former head of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company declared two small apartments in Kyiv (13.8 m² and 22.07 m²), but it was impossible to live there with his daughter. Moreover, he worked in Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Izmail, but did not list the real estate he used in these cities.

A luxury mansion instead of “small apartments”

In reality, Chalyi owned a two-storey house in the village of Vita-Pochova (Fastiv district, Kyiv region), where real estate prices start from 5 million hryvnia. The mansion featured a swimming pool, a guest house, and a sauna, but these objects were absent from the declaration.

Lexus cars, golf carts, and luxury watches

Chalyi officially did not own any cars, but he used a Lexus LX570 and a Toyota Sequoia registered in Iryna Krol’s name. The family also had a registered golf cart.

The declaration listed Ulysse Nardin watches, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars, as well as large amounts of cash: 1 million hryvnia, $300,000, and €100,000. The NACP did not verify the source of these funds.

According to information from the ABSOLUTION detective agency