"Five apartments in Minsk, 25 cars". New details about the director of the "charity fund"

Information about the arrest of Vyacheslav Lysenkov, the founder of the charity fund "Help for Seriously Ill Children", became known at the end of January.

According to the investigation, in most cases, donations received by the fund were spent by the director on his own needs, including purchasing and maintaining cars, renting an apartment, acquiring equipment, and personal household needs. The amount of misappropriated funds is over 830 thousand rubles.

New details of this high-profile case have now become known, writes Onliner.by.

According to the investigation, in 2024, a 28-year-old Minsk resident created a charity fund called "Help for Seriously Ill Children" and, as its director, completely controlled the organization's activities. He single-handedly managed the fund's property, concluded agreements, and made all key decisions.

As of October 2025, out of more than 1.5 million rubles received by the fund, only about 55 thousand rubles were spent on charitable purposes, — reported on the "First Information" TV channel.

Phone conversations between the director and a friend were also aired, in which he discussed schemes for withdrawing money from the fund.

"I'm generally thinking now of re-registering the remaining nine cars , well, to make the same scheme, you know, and register the company with a homeless person, that's all. Purely on a strawman, to protect myself as much as possible," Lysenkov mused.

In addition, it became known that Vyacheslav Lysenkov owned five apartments in Minsk and 25 cars (which were registered to front persons).

All of this has now been seized. The fate of cash donations (collected in "charity boxes"), which, as investigators found, were not deposited into accounts, is also being ascertained. The investigation continues.

It is also reported that after all these high-profile cases, the charitable sector will be streamlined. For example, a new regulatory act is already being prepared, which should make charity transparent.

The document will specify clear mechanisms: how to collect, how to report, and how to control the movement of money so that aid reaches its recipients, rather than settling on influencers' cards. Work with charity boxes will also be regulated. The main goal of all these measures is to ensure that all collected donations reach those who truly need them.

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