The Zakarpattia Regional Prosecutor's Office, based in part on the materials of a full audit of the 2022 declaration conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), has notified a deputy of the Uzhhorod City Council of Zakarpattia Region of suspicion of knowingly submitting false information in a declaration totalling UAH 13.8 million and the legalization of proceeds obtained by crime.
During the NACP's full audit, it was established, among other things, that the deputy failed to include information in the annual declaration regarding:
- a residential house in Uzhhorod (358.8 sq. m) and the land plot on which it is located;
- a residential house in Kyiv (78.5 sq. m);
- funds lent to a third party for USD 315,000 (according to the investigation, the official lent the funds to another person in an attempt to legalize them);
- funds in personal bank accounts for UAH 1.3 million;
- personal financial liabilities amounting to nearly UAH 800,000.
In addition, during the full audit, the declarant failed to confirm the sources of the origin of funds for the increase in personal cash balances by nearly UAH 2 million.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings is being carried out by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Zakarpattia Region under the procedural guidance of the Zakarpattia Regional Prosecutor's Office and operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department in Zakarpattia Region.
The official is charged with the intentional submission of knowingly false information in a declaration (Part 2 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), as well as legalization (laundering) of property obtained by crime (Part 1 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Disclaimer. According to Part One of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court's verdict of guilty.
