Former Ukrainian minister's family lived in undeclared Geneva apartment, anti-corruption agency finds
Ukrainian investigative journalists established that the family of former Energy and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko lived in a 220-square-meter rented apartment on the shore of Lake Geneva in 2025. Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) concluded that Halushchenko failed to declare the rental and concealed information worth over 55.5 million hryvnias in his asset declaration filed upon leaving office.
Key points
- Halushchenko's ex-wife Olha Bohdanova and their children lived throughout 2025 in a 220 sq m rented apartment on Quai Gustave-Ador in Geneva's Eaux-Vives district.
- The annual rent exceeded 85,000 Swiss francs, roughly 4.5 million hryvnias or about $9,000 per month.
- NACP found Halushchenko failed to declare information totaling more than 55.5 million hryvnias, a finding that carries signs of declaring false information.
- Halushchenko told NACP he divorced Bohdanova in 2022 and knew nothing about the Geneva rental until seeing it in 2026 criminal-case materials; Bohdanova confirmed the family lived there in 2025 under a rental agreement but did not provide a copy.
- Journalists found Google Maps reviews by Bohdanova near the same building dated 2023 and 2024, suggesting the family may have lived there earlier than 2025.
- Halushchenko's son Maksym has studied at Swiss private school College Alpin Beau Soleil since 2022, with tuition and boarding costing up to $200,000 per year.
- The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Halushchenko as Justice Minister on 19 November 2025; he was detained in February 2026 in the NABU 'Midas' case on money-laundering and criminal-organization charges, which he denies.
Why it matters
The findings document the lifestyle of a former senior Ukrainian minister while the country is at war and dependent on international aid, and they place that lifestyle inside a formal NACP finding that over 55.5 million hryvnias went undeclared. The case runs alongside the NABU 'Midas' investigation, in which Halushchenko is a main suspect on money-laundering and criminal-organization charges, and connects the family to a network of offshore-linked managers and to a firm that featured in a separate NABU road-repair probe.
What happened
Investigative journalists from the 'Schemes' project (Radio Liberty) reported that Olha Bohdanova, the ex-wife of former Energy and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, lived with their children throughout 2025 in a 220-square-meter rented apartment on the Quai Gustave-Ador, in a historic building on the shore of Lake Geneva in Geneva's Eaux-Vives district. The annual rent exceeded 85,000 Swiss francs, roughly 4.5 million hryvnias or about $9,000 a month. According to the Geneva real estate registry, the building and the land beneath it are owned by Georges and Pierre Nosari (also spelled Nosali). On 15 September, Verkhovna Rada anti-corruption committee chair Anastasiia Radina said NACP had carried out a full check of Halushchenko's declaration for the period from the start of 2025 to 19 November 2025, the day the Verkhovna Rada dismissed him as Justice Minister. NACP concluded that Halushchenko failed to declare information totaling more than 55.5 million hryvnias, which carries signs of declaring false information; the Geneva rental was specifically among the undeclared items. During the check, Bohdanova confirmed the family lived in the apartment in 2025 under a rental agreement but did not provide a copy. Halushchenko told NACP he divorced Bohdanova in 2022 and learned about the rental only in 2026 from criminal-case materials. Journalists also found Google Maps reviews by Bohdanova near the building dated 2023 and 2024, raising the possibility that the family lived there earlier than 2025. In February 2023, Bohdanova registered an architectural firm, Bogdanova Architects (B.A.G. Sarl), in Geneva; journalists linked managers of that firm to offshore structures identified in the Paradise Papers leaks and to Comatrans SA, a company that appeared in an NABU investigation into inflated road-repair costs in Odesa. Halushchenko's son Maksym has studied at the Swiss private school College Alpin Beau Soleil since 2022, where tuition and boarding can reach $200,000 a year. Halushchenko was detained on 15 February 2026 while attempting to cross the state border and was served a suspicion notice the next day in the NABU 'Midas' case on charges of money laundering and participation in a criminal organization; he denies the charges.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All seven sources in the synthesis are Ukrainian media outlets, and the story is presented as a domestic accountability investigation by the 'Schemes' (Radio Liberty) investigative project. Coverage foregrounds Ukrainian institutional actors — NACP's declaration check, Verkhovna Rada anti-corruption committee chair Anastasiia Radina, and the NABU 'Midas' case — and emphasizes the mismatch between the official's declared assets and the family's lifestyle in Switzerland as evidence of concealment. The reporting is tied to broader Ukrainian anti-corruption themes, including Halushchenko's dismissal as Justice Minister in November 2025 and his subsequent detention in the 'Midas' case.
Where reporting differs
Halushchenko told NACP he divorced his wife in 2022 and knew nothing about the Geneva rental until he saw it in 2026 criminal-case materials. Bohdanova confirmed to NACP that the family lived in the apartment in 2025 under a rental agreement but did not provide a copy. A SAPO prosecutor in court suggested the divorce was purely formal, and journalists cite Google Maps reviews near the building in 2023 and 2024 as evidence the family lived there earlier. The facts thus set Halushchenko's stated ignorance against surrounding evidence of long-term family presence in the apartment.
Background
Herman Halushchenko served as Ukraine's Minister of Energy from 2021 until July 2025 and then as Minister of Justice until the Verkhovna Rada dismissed him on 19 November 2025. He is a main suspect in the NABU/SAPO 'Midas' case and was detained on 15 February 2026 while attempting to cross the state border; he is charged with money laundering and participation in a criminal organization, charges he denies. He and Olha Bohdanova divorced in autumn 2022 according to his statement to NACP; a fourth child of the couple was born in Switzerland in 2023. In February 2023 Bohdanova registered an architectural firm in Geneva whose managers were linked by journalists to offshore structures identified in the Paradise Papers leaks and to Comatrans SA, a firm mentioned in an NABU investigation into inflated road-repair costs in Odesa. Halushchenko's son Maksym has studied at the Swiss private school College Alpin Beau Soleil since 2022.