On 21 November 2019 the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine announced they suspected Sadovyi of abuse of power. The stated that the Lviv city authorities had sold for $2.2 million a plot of land in Lviv Oblast that is not a part of the (city of) Lviv. According to the prosecutors, the plot was also sold at a lower cost than it should have been and without an auction, causing $3.86 million in monetary damages to the Riasne-Ruske village and the state. If found guilty, Sadovyi and other suspects could be sentenced from three to six years in prison.