In April 2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 83 full audits of declarations selected using a new risk-based approach.
Violations were found in each of the declarations audited. At the same time, 54 declarations, or 65% of those audited in April, showed signs of inaccurate information amounting to almost UAH 376 million, four declarations showed signs of illegal enrichment amounting to over UAH 72 million, and two declarations showed signs of unjustified assets amounting to almost UAH 11 million.
In April 2025, 40 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities regarding the detection of signs of corruption or corruption-related offences, for which criminal liability is provided for under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (false declaration), 3 - under Article 368-5 of the CC of Ukraine (illegal enrichment), 4 - on the grounds of Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences (false declaration), 2 - on the grounds of Part 2 of Article 172-4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the rules on combining and concurrent employment with other types of activity).
Top 10 violations based on the results of full audits completed in April
The declaration of the head of the State Migration Service of Ukraine in the Khmelnytskyi region for 2023 revealed signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 27.8 million. The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) launched a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The declarations of the former head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Ternopil region for 2022-2023 show signs of inaccurate information totalling over UAH 22.5 million. The audit materials have been added to the materials of the criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is being investigated by the SBI.
The declarations of a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Court for 2022-2023 show signs of inaccurate information totalling UAH 5.6 million. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has started a pre-trial investigation under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The declarations of a deputy of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council, former chief doctor of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise for 2022 revealed signs of illegal enrichment of over UAH 16.4 million and signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 16.4 million; Following a repeat full audit for 2023, signs of false information amounting to over 18.3 million hryvnias were found. NABU initiated criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and added the audit materials to the criminal proceedings under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The declarations of the former deputy of the Slavuta City Council of the Khmelnytskyi region for 2021 revealed signs of illegal enrichment amounting to UAH 16.6 million and signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 11.6 million; for 2022 - signs of unjustified assets worth over UAH 6.1 million, as well as signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 16.7 million. The substantiated conclusions under Articles 366-2 and 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were sent to the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine (NPU).
The declaration of a member of the Novomykolaivka village council for 2023 revealed signs of illegal enrichment of over UAH 8.7 million and signs of unreliable information amounting to over UAH 14.1 million. The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) has initiated criminal proceedings under Articles 366-2 and 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The 2023 declaration of the head of the Cyber Police Department in the Odesa region shows signs of false info worth over UAH 11.1 million. The investigation materials have been added to the criminal case under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation.
The declarations of the head of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Poltava region for 2021-2022 show signs of inaccurate information totalling over UAH 17.3 million. The State Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The declaration of the acting director of the municipal enterprise ‘Road Maintenance and Repair Department for Motorways and Road Structures in the Solomyanskyi District of Kyiv’ for 2023 contains signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 9.6 million. A reasoned conclusion based on Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine has been sent to the National Police.
The declarations of a deputy of the Devladivka Village Council of the Kryvyi Rih District of the Dnipropetrovsk Region for 2022-2023 show signs of inaccurate information totalling over UAH 44.6 million. Reasoned conclusions have been sent to the National Police.
In total, over the first four months of this year, NACP completed 317 full audits of declarations. In 171 declarations, or 54% of those audited, signs of inaccurate information were found, totalling almost 1.5 billion. UAH, in 8 - signs of illegal enrichment totalling UAH 372.3 million, in 10 - signs of unjustified assets totalling UAH 60.6 million, signs of conflict of interest - in 4 declarants.
Based on the results of the review of 77 substantiated conclusions of the NACP, pre-trial investigation bodies initiated criminal proceedings, and the materials of 9 more inspections were added to previously initiated criminal proceedings.
In April this year, the Security Service of Ukraine reported suspicion of committing an offence under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against the acting head of the Sloboda Interdistrict Medical and Social Examination Centre of the Regional Centre for Medical and Social Examination, who, in his 2023 declaration, provided false information amounting to almost 3.7 million hryvnias, failing to disclose information about a number of non-residential premises belonging to his wife, as well as income of over 3.6 million hryvnias allegedly received for his son's treatment.
Since the beginning of the year, the pre-trial investigation authorities have sent seven indictments to the court for offences under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine based on materials provided by the NACP.
In April 2025, the district court of Vinnytsia region found the former deputy of the Turbiv village council guilty of committing a criminal offence under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced to a fine of UAH 51,000 with deprivation of the right to hold office or engage in activities related to the performance of state functions for a period of one year. The declarant provided false information about the possession of cash totalling more than UAH 5.5 million by him and his family members (wife and mother) and fully admitted his guilt in committing a criminal offence. As of today, the verdict has not yet entered into force.
The results of the full audits show that the application of a risk-based approach to selecting declarations for comprehensive checks has had a positive impact on their effectiveness.
Among all comprehensive audits of declarations completed since the beginning of the year, the most violations were found in declarations submitted by representatives:
- local self-government bodies — in 73 declarations (of which 50 were submitted by local council members, 14 by regional council members, one by a deputy head of a regional council, three by heads of city councils, one by a head of a settlement council, one by a deputy mayor and two by city council staff members);
- representatives of regional and district state administrations — in five (including one submitted by a head of a district state administration and one by a deputy head of a regional state administration);
- representatives of the judiciary — in thirteen (including ten judges);
- legislative bodies — two members of parliament;
- employees of the National Police — in twelve;
- customs and tax services - in eight (declarations of three customs officers and five tax officers);
- state-owned enterprises - in six (including three submitted by heads, one acting head and two deputies);
- territorial recruitment and social support centres – five;
- medical and social expert commission – seven.
In addition, the highest number of cases of officials declaring inaccurate information were found in the following regions:
- in 28 of the 35 declarations audited – Dnipropetrovsk region (80%);
- in 12 out of 15 in Kyiv region (80%);
- in 12 out of 16 in Khmelnytskyi region (75%);
- in 3 out of 4 in Kirovohrad region (75%);
- in 9 out of 13 in Rivne and Poltava regions (69% each);
- 6 out of 9 in Zakarpattia and Zaporizhia regions (67% each);
- 6 out of 11 in Lviv region (55%);
- 7 out of 13 in Vinnytsia region (54%);
- 12 out of 23 in Kharkiv region (52%);
- 11 out of 24 in Odesa region (46%);
- in 29 out of 89 — Kyiv (33%).
Important: the start of a full audit does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offence. If the audit finds violations, the NACP will take steps to hold the person accountable in accordance with the law.
If there are grounds, the materials are forwarded to the pre-trial investigation authorities and to the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office for consideration of the issue of civil forfeiture of unjustified assets.
The list of persons subject to full checks and the results of the checks can be found here.
What happens to the declaration after it is submitted — read here.
