Shadowy operations at Taryan Towers: Kagramanyan, Bagreev, Berezhnye, and Chernogubov clean illicit funds gained from narcotics, counterfeit documents, and fraudulent activities via upscale residences
The futuristic residential complex Taryan Towers, currently under construction in Kyiv’s Pechersk district by Pozniakyzhylbud and Taryan Group, is marketed as “towers of the future” with no rivals in Ukraine.
However, behind the glossy branding and 35-story glass skyscrapers, familiar money-laundering schemes are at play. During wartime, Ukrainians are hiding millions of dollars in these apartments.
In the first part of our investigation, we exposed hairdressers, pharmacists, and others who couldn’t legally explain the origin of the money they used to buy apartments in Taryan Towers. In this second part, we continue tracking the shadow capital that has quietly settled inside the towers.
Apartments No. 19, 249, and 375: How Ruslan Averin from Zhovti Vody Bought Real Estate in Kyiv Worth Millions of Dollars
Not many Ukrainian men can afford to travel abroad these days. Even fewer can buy property during wartime, especially in new high-end buildings. And almost no one can afford a place in Kyiv’s most luxurious complex — Taryan Towers. But 33-year-old Ruslan Averin from Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk region, can afford all of the above.
According to his Facebook page, Averin now lives in Singapore. During the war, he’s been traveling the world and occasionally returning to Ukraine — to buy apartments in some of the country’s most expensive buildings. Over the past three years, he purchased 12 properties in Kyiv.
That includes four apartments in the UNIT.Home complex, worth at least $436,000; three more in the Faina-Town residential area, worth no less than $439,000; and another one — 85 square meters — in the premium-class Jack House on Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, worth around $399,000. All of these were bought recently — in 2024 and 2025.
He also purchased three apartments in Taryan Towers, on Ioanna Pavla II Street 12. The first one — unit No. 19, 62.6 square meters — was bought in June 2023. The second — No. 375, 61.6 square meters — in August 2024. And the third, the largest — No. 249, 91.2 square meters — was purchased in September 2024. These three alone cost him at least $1.14 million. In total, Averin has spent close to $2.5 million on real estate in Kyiv during wartime.
He also found the money to buy two brand-new cars — a Lexus LX 500D and a 2023 Hyundai Venue — worth $120,000 and $22,000 respectively. Huge sums that raise serious questions about their origin.
According to Ukrainian records, Averin has no ownership in any business. Only since November 29, 2024, he has been registered as a sole proprietor, officially renting out real estate. But this status has a yearly income limit of around 9.3 million UAH — about $227,000. Even if he immediately hit the maximum income, it wouldn’t be enough to buy even one apartment in Taryan Towers — especially since he bought all three before he even opened the sole proprietorship.
Averin is not a public figure. There is no information about him online, and his social media accounts are private. It’s unclear who he is or where his money comes from. None of his relatives appear to run any major business that could generate millions.
His mother, Tetiana Averina, worked as an assembler at the Southern Radio Plant in Zhovti Vody. His father, Viktor Averin, was a mechanic there and later worked as a driver. His sister, Marharyta Averina, seems to live a typical family life with two kids and organizes volunteer fundraising for Ukraine’s military. The only luxury item she’s ever shared online is a $2,500 Louis Vuitton bag — a gift from her brother.
Ruslan Averin’s wife, Daria, also lists Singapore as her place of residence on Facebook. Based on her phone listing in GetContact, she previously worked for the tax service. She has no visible business, at least not a legal one. Her father, Volodymyr Voronin, is retired. Her mother, Svitlana Voronina, once owned a small 3.39% share in a now-defunct company called Promelektromontazh, which has been in the process of liquidation since 2008. In 2020, Svitlana was employed as a teacher at a school in Zhovti Vody.
Daria’s brother, Pavlo Voronin, is the only other family member besides Averin who owns a registered business. He’s been a sole proprietor since July 2017, working in software development.
Interestingly, like Averin, Pavlo also began buying expensive real estate after the start of the full-scale invasion. In May 2023, he purchased a 5.4 square meter commercial unit in the Nyvky-Park complex for $6,500. Back in 2020, he bought an 85.4 square meter apartment in the same complex for about $180,000. In June 2024, he purchased a four-room, 122.6 square meter apartment in the Faina Town complex — worth at least $335,000 without renovation. According to our calculations, Pavlo Voronin now owns property worth over 23.4 million UAH — about $560,000.
But again, under Ukrainian law, sole proprietors in his category can only legally earn up to 9.3 million UAH a year. So where did Pavlo get the money to buy such expensive property in 2024? He has no other known business assets or ownership.
Properties and cars acquired by Ruslan Averin and Pavlo Voronin during the full-scale war
Infographic by BlackBox OSINT
So what exactly are Ruslan Averin and Pavlo Voronin — both from Zhovti Vody — doing for a living? There is no online trace of their work or earnings. Yet they are spending millions on the country’s most expensive real estate during wartime.
At this point, it’s safe to assume the money is not legal. And whether it’s coming from crypto schemes, call-center fraud, or something else — that’s a question for law enforcement.
Apartment No. 384: How Market trader Nataliia Kucher Ended Up With a Half-Million-Dollar Apartment
In May 2024, a 50-year-old woman from Dnipro Nataliia Kucher became the owner of apartment No. 384 in Taryan Towers — a 90.8 square meter unit in one of the country’s most expensive residential complexes. This was her first ever property. She had never owned a home or a car before. The price of this apartment, fully renovated, is at least $520,000.
From 1999 to 2016, Nataliia Kucher was registered as a sole proprietor, selling clothes, shoes, and textiles at street markets. So the question of where she got half a million dollars is, to say the least, very intriguing.
According to BlackBox OSINT, her son from her first marriage, Artur Kucher, is also registered in Dnipro. He has no ownership in any business, just a sole proprietorship since September 5, 2023 — for renting out property, even though he doesn’t actually own any real estate. The only thing in his name is a 2017 Ford Mustang, worth around $23,000. And yet, on his private Instagram bio, it says: “ Master of life. I take the most out of life. I’ve got carte blanche ”
Kucher’s current husband, Serhii Sekretariov, also doesn’t own any property, cars, or stakes in business. From 2008 until February 2025, he had a sole proprietorship for “other finishing construction works.” But after all those years, he still didn’t manage to buy himself a home or a car. Hard to believe he’s the one who handed over $500,000 for the apartment.
Also worth noting — Serhii has a criminal past. In the 1990s, he was repeatedly convicted. As of 2015, he had two administrative charges for domestic violence, profanity, and threats of physical harm.
Court cases involving Serhii Sekretariov
Their son, 32-year-old Denys Sekretariov, also has no business ownership. For just five months — from January to June 2024 — he ran a sole proprietorship selling computers and software in a specialty shop. It’s unlikely he made $520,000 in that time. His social media also doesn’t reflect a luxury lifestyle.
There are no signs of wealth among Kucher’s other relatives either. Her father, Volodymyr Syzonenko, used to work in construction and the building materials industry. No business, no sole proprietorship. Her mother, Valentyna Syzonenko, was a preschool teacher and later a facility manager. For a time, she ran a market stall selling shoes — registered as a sole proprietor from 2017 to January 2025. But let’s be honest: selling boots at a market doesn’t bring in millions.
Nataliia’s brother, Oleksandr Syzonenko, has no known source of income either. No business, no sole proprietorship. Based on the GetContact app, his phone is saved as “security guard”. In 2023, he bought a 2014 Toyota Corolla — worth about $10,000.
Former clothes’ trader from Dnipro now owns a $500,000 apartment in Taryan Towers Nataliia Kucher used to sell clothes and shoes at a market
So, neither Nataliia Kucher nor any of her relatives seem to have any legal, visible source of income that would allow her to buy a large, luxury apartment in Taryan Towers during wartime. Most likely, this purchase was funded with illegally earned money — either by Kucher herself, her husband with a criminal record, her son who calls himself the “master of life,” or someone else entirely, using this ordinary woman from Dnipro to launder their shadow cash. One more puzzle for law enforcement: how did a former market trader come up with half a million dollars?
Apartment No. 379: Former DJ From Dnipro Maksym Filipovskyi Registered Real Estate and Cars Worth $1 Million in His Mother’s Name
On February 24, 2024, 55-year-old Olena Filipovska from Dnipro signed a contract to purchase apartment No. 379 in Taryan Towers — an 82.1 m² unit that costs around $310,000 without renovation and $499,000 fully finished.
Just months earlier, on September 1, 2023, she had bought another apartment — this time a 109.4 m² unit on Truskavetska Street 8 in Kyiv, valued at no less than $390,000. That same year, she also purchased a brand-new Mercedes-Benz GLS 63 (2022) worth $135,000.
Altogether, Filipovska — who has no visible income, no business, and no corporate ties — now owns over $1 million in luxury property and vehicles.
Interestingly, the purchase of the Taryan Towers apartment was handled by her son, Maksym Filipovskyi, who likely bought it but registered it under his mother’s name.
Maksym, 33, used to be a DJ, according to his Facebook. He doesn’t own any real estate and the only property officially in his name is a 2013 Mercedes-Benz Viano worth around $25,500.
Maksym Filipovskyi
He has no shares in any business and only registered a sole proprietorship on March 13, 2025, listing his field as IT consulting. Which raises a big question: where did he get the money to buy high-end Kyiv real estate?
His wife, 29-year-old Yelyzaveta Filipovska, presents herself online as a sexologist, psychologist, art therapist, and life coach. Her social media features a lavish lifestyle — luxury cars, trips, designer outfits.
Yelyzaveta Filipovska. Photo: Instagram
But she also has no visible sources of high income. She registered her own sole proprietorship only on September 19, 2024, under the vague category “Other information services”.
And just a month before registering the business, she bought a brand-new Porsche Cayenne (2024) worth $188,000 — that’s 7.8 million UAH. Her FOP looks more like a formality than a functioning business.
It’s clear that the Filipovskyi family is living far beyond their official means. During wartime, they’ve somehow amassed property and luxury goods worth over $1.2 million — with no legal income to show for it.
Olena Filipovska, mother of Maksym Filipovskyi, also has no clear income sources for buying a $500,000 apartment in Taryan Towers
Tax and law enforcement agencies should take a close look — because this looks a lot like money laundering or illegal enrichment, disguised behind the names of family members and newly minted entrepreneurs.
Apartment No. 293: Owner of a Failing Company, Davyd Kagramanian Bought Nearly $1.5 Million in Property
On February 14, 2024, David Kaghramanyan purchased a spacious 122.8 m² apartment — unit No. 293 — in Taryan Towers. The price of such a property with renovation is at least $1.1 million. Kaghramanyan is registered in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, as of 2019.
He became co-founder (32% share) and director of a real estate company — Hermes Estate Group LLC — only in July 2024, months after he bought the apartment. While it might seem like he made his fortune in real estate, there are some obvious issues.
Financial statement of Hermes Estate Group owned by Davyd Kaghramanyan shows losses. Screenshot from Opendata.ua
First, the company was created after the apartment was purchased. Second, its 2024 financial report shows a net loss of 382,000 UAH, and the firm officially employs only one person — likely Kaghramanyan himself. It has no website, only six followers on Facebook, and no job listings on employment platforms. In short, there’s zero sign of real activity.
So, either Hermes Estate Group is a shell company, or a failed business that makes no money.
Maybe Kaghramanyan got his million from his sole proprietorship, opened on June 15, 2023, with a business type listed as “Retail sale of beverages in specialized stores”. But again — under Ukrainian law, a third-group sole proprietor cannot earn more than 9.3 million UAH per year (about $240,000). That’s far from enough to afford the apartment.
And this isn’t his only purchase during the war.
Davyd Kaghramanyan from Kamianske spent over $1 million on a Taryan Towers apartment while officially owning a non-profitable company
In 2023, Kaghramanyan also bought: a 42.5 m² non-residential space on Ivan Vyhovskyi Street in Kyiv (worth approx. $75,000), a 127.3 m² apartment on Proviantska Street (worth at least $210,000) and a 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, valued at $52,000.
So, the co-founder of a money-losing real estate agency and a beverage seller has somehow acquired over $1.44 million (₴60.4 million) worth of assets during wartime. The only reasonable conclusion? These funds have no legal origin and were laundered through luxury real estate purchases.
Apartment No. 269: How Maksym Bahriiev, Who Ran a Fake Medical Certification Scheme, Acquired Nearly $3 Million in Assets
On July 8, 2024, 63-year-old Kyiv pensioner Tamara Kryachko purchased a spacious 123.5 m² apartment — unit No. 269 — in Taryan Towers, valued at approximately $1.1 million. She also owns a 2018 Porsche Macan, worth around $42,000, and nearly half a hectare of land in the village of Hlevakha near Kyiv.
Tamara does not own any business — there’s no public record of her ever being involved in a company. The same goes for her husband, Viktor Voloshchuk, who has no property or car registered in his name. He used to be a sole proprietor from 2005 to 2016, and, according to GetContact tags, now works as a realtor and has a penchant for gambling. Their 30-year-old daughter Valeria Bahreeva also doesn’t appear in any ownership registers. But her husband, Maksym Bahreev, is much more interesting.
Maksym Bahriiev. Photo: FacebookMaksym Bahriiev in a blue suit and red tie standing in front of modern buildings
Unlike his mother-in-law, Maksym does own businesses. He is the founder, director, and beneficiary of two LLCs: “Bureau Kratia” (which ended 2024 in the red) and “PharmRozvytok”, which made only 1.9 million UAH (~$48,000) in 2024. He is also a registered sole proprietor providing translation services. And yet, despite these modest business results, Bahreev has somehow amassed a fortune in real estate.
On January 22, 2024, he became the owner of: an 82.6 m² apartment in the premium-class “French Quarter” complex in Kyiv (approx. $235,000), a luxurious 818 m² mansion in Kozyn near Kyiv (worth at least $1.4 million) and a land plot in Kozyn (0.0966 hectares, worth about $70,000). All of these were obtained on the same day, and all under “gift agreements”. According to BlackBox OSINT, the total value of these “gifts” is $1.7 million. Let’s be honest — it’s hard to believe this is generosity and not a scheme to launder illicit money. So where did the money come from?
Maksym Bahreev is known as the head of “Kratia”, a company that handles registration and certification of medical devices in Ukraine. He presents himself as a technical regulation expert, often appearing in the media and at industry events. But behind the polished image lies something darker.
According to BlackBox OSINT, “Kratia” was deeply involved in issuing fake compliance certificates. The company sold “legalization” packages for medical products that had never undergone proper testing, under the guise of “voluntary certification”. Their scheme involved sham evaluations, unaccredited experts, and fraudulent paperwork — which allowed substandard or even dangerous devices to enter hospitals via Ukraine’s Prozorro public procurement system.
Maksym Bahriiev, accused of forging medical device certificates, registered a $1.1 million apartment in Taryan Towers under his retired mother’s name
Bahreev, using his expert status as a cover, built an entire industry around fake certifications, which likely explains his impressive wealth. Altogether, the combined value of the properties owned by Maksym Bahreev and his mother-in-law Tamara Kryachko adds up to $2.8 million. One can only imagine the scale of corruption in Ukraine’s medical supply chain — when the man enabling fake certifications has made millions during wartime.
Apartment No. 371: How Oksana Berezhna From Makiivka, Sister of a Drug Dealer, Bought $700,000 Worth of Property in Taryan Towers
Apartment №371, measuring 82.2 square meters and worth 20.9 million UAH (approximately $499,000), along with two parking spaces valued at 6.4 million UAH (about $155,000), was purchased on January 26, 2024, by 38-year-old Oksana Berezhna, a former resident of the now Russian-occupied city of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast. The total value of her purchase amounts to 27.3 million UAH (around $654,000).
Like many of her new neighbors in Taryan Towers, Oksana Berezhna has no visible source of income or business that could explain such spending. Her only brief entrepreneurial activity was a private business she operated in the legal services sector from 2012 to 2013. Since then, there has been no record of official employment or income. Yet, over the past two years, in addition to buying property in Taryan Towers, she also acquired three cars: a 2011 Citroen Berlingo worth $8,300, a 2007 Citroen C3 worth $4,500 and a luxury 2013 Land Rover Range Rover worth about $52,500. Altogether, her assets are worth at least 30 million UAH (around $719,300).
How can a woman from an occupied town with no business or employment afford such purchases during a full-scale war? Her profile in the Getcontact app raises further questions: tags like “Oksana Yalta Donetsk”, “Bti Ksyusha”, and “Oksana Makiivka” give no indication of ties to the business elite. She is virtually inactive on messaging platforms like Viber and Telegram, and only maintains a Facebook profile, painting a picture of someone who avoids attention. To understand where the money came from, it’s worth looking at her family — particularly her brother, Serhii Berezhnyi.
After 2014, Serhii Berezhnyi likely moved from Makiivka to Zaporizhzhia, where he registered several entities: Novaia Medytsyna LLC, Metaklinika LLC, Oktamed-Zaporizhzhia LLC, and the NGO Donbas Health. Since July 2024, he has also been registered as a sole proprietor offering market research services. However, the financial health of his companies is questionable. Metaklinika LLC, which employs just two people, reported a profit of only 4,700 UAH in 2022. Oktamed-Zaporizhzhia LLC has not submitted any financial reports since 2019.
Metaclinic, owned by Serhii Berezhnyi, has shown no activity since 2023. Screenshot from Opendata.ua
That’s the official side. In Getcontact, his phone number is saved under names like “Scammer”, “Doctor Prescription”, “Serhii Psychiatrist”, “Doctor Pills”, “Serhii Mykolaiovych Drugs”, and “Metadone Guy”. Such tags strongly suggest one thing: hiding behind the appearance of a medical professional, Serhii Berezhnyi may be involved in illegal drug sales, including methadone and other controlled substances. His barely functioning companies appear to be a front for laundering money.
Serhii Berezhnyi
Moreover, the complete absence of public information about him — no interviews, media appearances, or social media presence beyond anonymous profiles — reinforces the idea that he intentionally stays in the shadows. This supports the theory that drug distribution is the real source of the illicit funds that allowed him to purchase a luxury apartment and two parking spaces for nearly $700,000 — then register them under his sister’s name.
Serhii Berezhnyi, who allegedly distributes narcotics under the cover of medical companies, registered a $500,000 apartment in Taryan Towers under his sister’s name
Apartment No. 369: How Yevhen Chernohubov From Kharkiv Scams Ukrainians and Buys Apartments With Their Money
The neighbors of Olena and Serhii Chernohubov from apartment No. 369 didn’t fall far from the tree. On September 27, 2021, Yevhen Chernohubov, an entrepreneur from Kharkiv, purchased apartment No. 371 in Taryan Towers — 90.8 square meters in size and worth $520,000. But on February 15, 2025, he transferred it as a contribution to the statutory capital of the newly founded company Fortis Group Capital LLC, registered just three days prior. The transaction was carried out through a representative in Portugal: acting on Chernohubov’s behalf was Said Javid, authorized via a power of attorney issued in Lisbon — suggesting that Chernohubov currently resides there.
Why would someone transfer such a luxurious apartment to a company with a statutory capital of only 127,000 UAH and a director and beneficiary — Imrani Jila Sayed Jahanzyb — about whom nothing is known publicly? The answer seems to lie in Chernohubov’s business empire, built on dubious schemes.
Chernohubov is the founder and beneficiary of several Kharkiv-based companies, including International Financial Operator Lider LLC, Lidomed Bio Incorporated LLC, and Scientific Production Enterprise Lidomed-Bio LLC, the latter co-owned with his father. Notably, all these companies are currently operating at a loss. For example, Lider ended 2022 with a loss of 329,000 UAH; Lidomed Bio Incorporated posted a 2.6 million UAH loss in 2024; and Lidomed-Bio lost 339,000 UAH. None of these companies appear capable of generating half a million dollars to fund a Taryan Towers apartment. So, where did the money come from?
The key to Chernohubov’s wealth seems to lie in his highly questionable projects. Lidomed-Bio promotes the “Lidomed-Bio” device — a pseudomedical gadget that claims to offer “comprehensive diagnostics,” antiparasitic and antifungal effects, and even cures everything of asthma to hepatitis C. The device is sold not only in Ukraine but also in russia — which raises even more questions during wartime.
Another of his ventures, WebWellness, promises clients “the perfect body and health”, and even immunity to COVID-19 or relief from allergies — all for a hefty fee of 500–600 euros. Social media posts heavily promote Chernohubov’s “technologies” as miracle solutions, but their sales model closely resembles a classic MLM scheme or even a pyramid.
But pseudomedicine isn’t his only trick. His project “Business Process” claimed to be a magical tool for entrepreneurs that solved all business challenges. A post on social media described how “a random link changed the author’s life”, yet the project’s official pages have since vanished. Another venture — VipVip — promised to make people 3,000 euros in three months and 333,000 euros in three years via a “unique app” and cryptocurrency called VipCoin.Gold. Livestreams for the project were conducted on Moscow time — further suggesting ties to russia.
All of Chernohubov’s projects share a common theme: exploiting trust, making pseudoscientific promises, and disappearing once scrutiny arrives.
Yevhen Chernogubov from Kharkiv invested $520,000 in a Taryan Towers apartment with funds of unknown origin, while profiting from misleading wellness schemes
Apparently, the money Chernohubov managed to extract from trusting Ukrainians was not taxed, but rather laundered through real estate purchases — including the apartment in Taryan Towers. And it wasn’t the only one. Assets worth another $259,000 are registered in the name of his wife, Yulia Chernohubova. Between 2020 and 2021, she became the owner of a 0.2166-hectare land plot in Kharkiv, eight small apartments in the same building on 11 Bestuzheva Street (each measuring 18.4 square meters and worth a total of $128,000), as well as a 105.6-square-meter apartment on Moskovskyi Avenue 131-B and a 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 worth $51,000. Yulia Chernohubova does not own any business or corporate rights, so it is safe to say that the money for all this property came from her husband’s activities — which are both illegal and morally and legally dubious.
The combined value of the Chernohubovs’ assets reaches 32.5 million UAH or about $779,000, which is entirely disproportionate to the financial performance of Chernohubov’s companies. The transfer of the Taryan Towers apartment to Fortis Group Capital via a proxy was likely no coincidence. This scheme allows him to move property out of his direct ownership, minimizing the risk of asset seizure if an investigation were to be launched. Fortis Group Capital, established just three days before the transaction, appears to be a shell company for asset hiding, while the use of Saeed Javid and a Lisbon-issued power of attorney only complicates tracing the true beneficiaries.
Chernohubov’s story is a textbook case of how pseudomedical “pyramids,” crypto scams, and MLM schemes turn into half-million-dollar apartments. While he “treats” people of everything under the sun and promises massive returns via cryptocurrency, his real profits end up in real estate — either registered under his wife’s name or funneled through shady companies. And all this is happening while Ukraine is fighting for its survival and its economy is hanging by a thread. The money earned by exploiting people’s trust doesn’t support the country — it gets hidden away in luxury properties.
Yevhen Chernohubov is not just a self-proclaimed “infobusinessman” — he is a manipulator who feeds off people’s hope for miracles. His projects promise wealth and healing, but leave victims with empty pockets. His pattern of erasing digital traces and transferring assets through shell companies points to fear of accountability. So the real question is — will law enforcement finally look into these schemes, or will Taryan Towers remain a sanctuary for dirty money?
Because the stories we’ve uncovered in this article — and in the first part of our investigation — clearly show how Ukraine’s most expensive residential complex has become a safe haven for shady capital. Here, retirees, hairdressers, and market vendors with no apparent means of income are purchasing apartments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — acting as fronts in schemes to legalize illicit wealth. Wealth that, if taxed, could support a country that’s losing lives and land every single day.
