7 million hryvnias to be recovered from 'Servant of the People' MP Lytvynenko for the benefit of the state over luxury cars

The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has recognized the assets of People's Deputy of Ukraine Serhiy Lytvynenko worth over 7 million hryvnias as unsubstantiated. This was reported to UNN by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).

Case details

On May 14, 2026, a panel of HACC judges granted the lawsuit of the SAPO prosecutor and recognized assets that the parliamentarian had registered under a number of individuals and legal entities as unsubstantiated.

During 2020-2021, Serhiy Lytvynenko effectively acquired ownership of three cars: a Toyota Land Cruiser 200, a BMW 730LD, and a BMW X5. He registered the vehicles under people close to him—unofficial drivers—and one legal entity.

At the same time, the People's Deputy himself freely used the expensive cars and even obtained a permit to enter the territory of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

However, when SAPO employees analyzed the tax returns of Serhiy Lytvynenko and his relatives, they concluded that the lawmaker's legal income was too small for such purchases. Therefore, the parliamentarian must now return 7,255,976 hryvnias to the state treasury.

However, Lytvynenko still has 30 days to contest the HACC decision and file an appeal.

What you need to know about Serhiy Lytvynenko

Serhiy Lytvynenko ran for the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 from the "Servant of the People" political party. He has three degrees: he graduated from the Chernihiv Pedagogical Institute with a major in "Physical Education Teacher," Uzhhorod National University (Law), and the National University of Food Technologies with a major in "Food Technologies."

Before starting his political career, Lytvynenko was involved in commercial activities and worked in the food industry (specifically, the alcohol industry).

In September 2019, in the newly elected parliament, he became one of the first "button-pushers" (voting for others), for which he promised to donate his monthly salary to charitable foundations as punishment.

In 2020, Lytvynenko expressed a desire to hold elections in the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions temporarily occupied by Russian troops, which drew criticism from both his colleagues and ordinary Ukrainians.  

In November 2021, the Verkhovna Rada considered bill 5289, which aimed to make simplified procurement optional for most customers.  The proposed changes would have effectively allowed most customers to conclude contracts directly instead of conducting simplified procurement, removing 40 billion hryvnias per year from Prozorro. All state and local government bodies, social insurance bodies, and certain legal entities would have received this right. Lytvynenko voted for this bill.

At the end of 2022, the parliamentarian voted for the urban planning reform (No. 5655), which was implemented in the interests of developers and neutralized the influence of citizens on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Also, on July 22, 2025, Lytvynenko voted for bill No. 12414, which introduced the dependence of NABU and SAPO operations on the Prosecutor General. This bill effectively liquidated the independence of anti-corruption bodies and turned them into entities controlled by the authorities.

In addition, Serhiy Lytvynenko became one of the chronic absentees. He missed 45% of votes between the beginning of 2022 and May 2023.

Which corruption scandal Lytvynenko was involved in

Earlier, media outlets, having analyzed the politician's electronic tax returns, established that Serhiy Lytvynenko undervalued the property he owns in these documents and "forgot" to declare a car belonging to his son, Anton. Thus, he violated financial control requirements.

Journalists were also interested in the source of funds with which Kateryna Lytvynenko—the politician's daughter—enrolled in Corvinus University (Hungary) in 2016, given that at that time her mother had not declared any income for two years, and her father's net declared income was 11,000 hryvnias per month. Serhiy Lytvynenko never answered this question.

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