NABU and SAP released details of operation Forest Gump and Themis
Law enforcement agencies have focused on artificial bankruptcy practices and illegal asset seizures worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias in Kyiv. The investigation materials feature well-known lawyers, bankruptcy trustees, and members of the judiciary. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine (Юлія Бойко) citing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, according to the portal PromPolitInform.
In August 2026, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office disclosed details of special operations named Forest Gump and Themis. According to the investigation, a criminal organization used interference with the information systems of the Ministry of Justice, forged documents, and court decisions to seize expensive real estate.
In the autumn of 2025, members of the scheme seized assets of two enterprises worth 248 million hryvnias and attempted to establish control over properties in central Kyiv valued at over half a billion hryvnias. Open materials mention group leaders, officials, bankers, and trusted persons whose activities were connected to corporate conflicts.
Participants and related companies
An analysis of open sources and publications reveals mentions of former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, Judge of the Commercial Court of Kyiv Pavlo Cheberiak, and Serhiy Boyarchuk, founder of the law firm Oleksieiev, Boyarchuk and Partners. In 2018, the owner of Magellan shopping mall, Anatoliy Yurkevych, publicly accused Sberbank of a corporate raid, naming Artem Podilskyi, a partner at the law firm, among the possible participants.
In February 2026, legal support for attempts to establish control over Enterprise Kyiv LLC was also linked to Oleksieiev, Boyarchuk and Partners, as its representative Oleh Beskorovainyi appeared in relevant documents. The CHESNO movement previously cited materials from a 2015 criminal proceeding regarding Blue Glow LLC, which was the former law firm of Serhiy Oleksieiev and Serhiy Boyarchuk.
Bankruptcy trustees and proceedings
Bankruptcy trustee Dmytro Nikolaienko plays a notable role in several bankruptcy procedures, having previously represented Serhiy Boyarchuk in cases involving Dnipro-1 sports club and the Zakarpattia Regional Clinical Dental Polyclinic. In March 2026, Boyarchuk became the sole owner and director of FC ALCOR CAPITAL LLC, after which this exact company proposed Nikolaienko as a property manager in the bankruptcy case of the Verkhivtseve Oil Extraction Plant.
Certain procedures demonstrate ongoing interaction between Boyarchuk and Judge Pavlo Cheberiak, who initiated proceedings regarding Kuznya na Rybalskomu Plant PJSC and appointed Boyarchuk as property manager there. Similar joint proceedings were recorded in 2026 regarding Alcor Capital and Complex Agromars LLC.
Illustrative photo: Alexkrakovsky / CC0
