This is a true story, not a fictional plot: Anna and Stanislav Khudar have spent years running fraud schemes in Ukraine, leveraging their official positions, shell companies, psychological pressure, and their unfettered access to the tax infrastructure.
At the center of these operations are Anna Khudar, responsible for financial scams in Odesa, and her husband, Stanislav Mykolayovych Khudar, a State Tax Service (STS) official.
«When the husband is in the tax service and the wife is in a pyramid scheme — money flows like a river»
Their story — is living proof that financial pyramids in Ukraine not only exist. They are fueled by the state budget, protected from within the government system, and even claim to be «investment projects».
The scheme: how their octopus operates. Anna Khudar creates dozens of shell companies (LLC «Stayled», «Stellar Lim», «Fuel South», «Golden Import UA», etc.), which simulate trade in fuel, oil, and construction materials. She attracts investors, promises 8-12% monthly profits, shows contracts with seals, and makes initial «payments». When funds run out — transfers come from new investors, simulating profit. The pyramid works. At the same time, all companies miraculously bypass STS inspections. Tax invoices are not blocked. Audits are not conducted. No one notices tens of millions in «black» cash. Why? Because Stanislav Khudar always stands behind the scheme. It is he who ensures the viability of the deals, covering up their fictitious nature.
«In Odesa, everyone knew that if a company belonged to the Khudars — no one would touch it. The tax service gave them a green light. Even with obvious violations», — says a source from the former State Fiscal Service of Odesa region.
According to available data, the total amount of scams involving Anna and Stanislav Khudar has far exceeded 250 million hryvnias to date! People sold apartments, took out loans, invested money under the guise of «partnership», but the companies disappeared. Registrations were transferred to other regions. Contacts were cut off. Today, dozens of fictitious companies have already been liquidated or transferred to front persons.
Yet neither Anna nor Stanislav have been held accountable. However, to avoid potential inconveniences, all movable and immovable property has been transferred by Anna Khudar to her relatives (sister and parents of Anna Khudar) and her husband.
Meanwhile, another story shook the country — fraud in the field of charity, connected to Nazariy Husakov. He collected money for the treatment of children with SMA — but most of the funds never reached the families.
The common thread between Husakov and the Khudars is one: they exploited people’s trust, used an official facade (sole proprietorships, charity, contracts, funds), and remained unpunished.
But in Anna Khudar’s story, who is also the founder of several charitable public organizations (notably, from 2016 to December 2021, she was the founder of the Charitable Foundation “Angel Nearby”), there is a much deeper threat: she was covered by the apparatus of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, through her husband’s real access to all «internal opportunities».
Stanislav Mykolayovych Khudar — the fiscal architect of the scam, until recently the deputy head of the main department of the STS in Kherson region, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol; until 2024 — head of the analytical department of the STS, a specialist in detecting fictitious transactions, coordinator of anti-crisis tax projects. He has connections with influential officials in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kyiv, who facilitate the implementation of the Khudars’ schemes and receive certain rewards for it. Stanislav Khudar’s role in the scheme:
• Ensuring non-interference in the activities of his wife’s companies;
• Removing companies from the list of risky counterparties;
• Facilitating quick re-registration of legal entities under preferential KVED codes.
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«This is a reliable tax umbrella. That’s why Anna worked and continues to work calmly. Her companies were listed as “clean» because the system allowed it. And it allowed it because her husband — is part of the system», — claims an analyst.
Particularly interesting is that Stanislav Khudar has long been a known figure in the so-called «tax mafia», having worked during the tenure of Serhiy Verlanov, who in 2019 adapted the criminal schemes of Minister Klymenko from the Yanukovych era to his own needs.
Thus, the danger to the state is systemic. This case is not isolated. Similar « couples» — are a network, where an official provides the tools, and the partner — earns. And vice versa.
Financial pyramids, conversion centers, fictitious VAT, customs clearance manipulations, and tender fraud — all of this works only because in every case there is a Stanislav Khudar.
The Khudar scam — is not an exception. It is a system in which tax officials do not fight fraud but lead it. A system in which a state institution serves not the law, but personal enrichment.
Stories like this — are just the tip of the iceberg. But exposure and public pressure can achieve what the system has failed to do: put an end to «investors under cover» in official offices.
The story of Anna and Stanislav Khudar takes on a particularly alarming tone due to their alleged ties to Russia. These ties, discovered in open sources, point to possible cooperation of their companies with Russian interests, posing a serious threat in the context of war. Let’s look closer: the cooperation of LLC «Tradelim» with a Turkish company and Russian oil. According to investigations, in 2023, LLC «Tradelim», owned by Anna Khudar, collaborated with the Turkish company ScotFlensburg S.A. This company provided a tanker for transporting oil across the Black Sea from the Novosibirsk port in Russia to the Turkish port of Martas in May 2023. This fact raises concerns, as transporting Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions may indicate involvement in financing the economy of the aggressor state. While there is no direct evidence that the Khudars profited from this operation, the very fact of cooperation with a company working with Russian ports casts doubt on their activities and requires thorough investigation.
Another alarming element is the role of Nika Khutsishvili, a citizen of Georgia and Russia, registered in occupied Donetsk. According to sources, Khutsishvili is the director of 44 Ukrainian legal entities, some of which are part of the StellarStar group of companies linked to Anna Khudar. His Russian citizenship (Russian passport: 017IB13331, Russian TIN: 930300436850) and ties to occupied territories suggest possible coordination of activities with Russian interests. The StellarStar group, which includes companies simulating trade in fuel, oil, and construction materials, is used to create financial pyramids, further deepening suspicions about their activities.
According to information, as of August 2024, the company AQSGroup, also linked to the Khudar network, employs 7 Russian and 2 Belarusian traders. This may indicate that business structures controlled by the Khudars are involving individuals from countries that support or do not condemn Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Such cooperation contradicts Ukraine’s national interests, especially during wartime, and may be part of a broader scheme to bypass sanctions or launder money.
According to YouControl data, as of 2024, around 40,000 Ukrainian companies have direct or indirect ties to Russia, confirming the systemic nature of the problem.
In the case of the Khudars, these ties appear not just as business contacts, but as part of a complex scheme that could have been used to finance the enemy’s economy. The VKURSI platform also indicates that companies with Russian beneficiaries in Ukraine have received significant funds from citizens, further emphasizing the scale of the issue (in particular, LLC «TOR OIL», to which Anna Khudar transferred funds from the company FG «Shmel» throughout 2024, is also registered to the mysterious Russian citizen Khutsishvili).
Is it really necessary for the President to intervene for law enforcement to start acting?!
