In June 2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 81 full audits of declarations selected using a risk-based approach.
Violations were found in each of the declarations checked in June, and in 50% of them, signs of unreliable information were found (signs of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) or Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences, illegal enrichment, unjustified assets, and violations of restrictions defined by the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption’ (the Law). In particular, one declaration showed signs of illegal enrichment of over UAH 16.8 million, two showed signs of unjustified assets of over UAH 9.2 million, 36 showed signs of inaccurate information of over UAH 216.5 million, and two showed signs of violation of restrictions on receiving gifts.
In June 2025, two substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities regarding the detection of signs of an offence under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal enrichment), 38 substantiated conclusions under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (inaccurate declaration), and six on the grounds of Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine (false declarations).
The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) was also sent materials from full audits of declarations for consideration of filing a lawsuit to recognise assets as unjustified:
- Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine - Chief Sanitary Doctor for over 3.1 million hryvnias;
- Deputy of the Slavuta City Council - for 7.9 million UAH and 6.1 million UAH;
- Deputy of the Odesa Regional Council - for 1.85 million UAH.
Top 10 violations based on the results of full audits completed in June
The declaration of the secretary of the Obukhiv City Council of the Kyiv region, a deputy of this council, showed signs of illegal enrichment of over 16.8 million hryvnias and signs of unreliable information of over 32.2 million hryvnias. A substantiated conclusion was sent to the National Police of Ukraine (NPU).
The declaration of the head of the tax audit department of the State Tax Service in Lviv region for 2023 revealed signs of unjustified assets worth over UAH 6.3 million and signs of unreliable information worth over UAH 7.2 million. A substantiated conclusion was sent to the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI).
The 2023 declaration of the deputy head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Lviv region shows signs of unjustified assets worth over UAH 2.9 million and signs of unreliable information worth over UAH 8.2 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the SBI.
The declarations of the head of the Central Military Medical Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2023 and 2024 show signs of unreliable information worth over 7.2 million hryvnias. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the SBI.
The declaration of the former deputy head of the Territorial Centre for Recruitment and Social Support (TCRS) – head of the recruitment sector of the Odesa Regional TCRS for 2023 – revealed signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 7.3 million. A substantiated conclusion was sent to the State Bureau of Investigation, and criminal proceedings were initiated.
The declaration of the former head of the Berehove District Medical and Social Examination Commission (MSEC) contains signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 9 million. The State Bureau of Investigation has added the NACP's substantiated conclusion to the criminal proceedings.
The 2023 declaration of a member of the Kyiv Regional Council showed signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 12.9 million. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) launched a pre-trial investigation.
The declarations of a deputy of the Devladievsky Village Council for 2022 and 2023 show signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 31.9 million. The substantiated conclusions were sent to the National Police of Ukraine and criminal proceedings were initiated.
The 2023 declaration of the deputy director of a subsidiary of the state-owned company Ukrspetsexport, State Enterprise Specialised Foreign Trade Firm Progress, contains signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 8.2 million. The NPU has initiated criminal proceedings.
The 2023 declaration of a deputy of the Tsarychanka Village Council in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast showed signs of inaccurate information worth over 8.1 million hryvnias. The NPU started criminal proceedings.
Notification of suspicion based on the materials of full audits in June
The former deputy head of the Dnipro City Council was notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment of 8 million hryvnias and intentional inclusion of knowingly inaccurate information in the declaration for 47 million hryvnias. The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings, taking into account the materials of full audits of declarations for 2022 and 2023 conducted by the NACP, is being carried out by the Main Directorate of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk region under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
The SAPO, together with the NABU, reported suspicion of false declaration to a former deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council, including based on the materials of full audits of declarations for 2021-2023 conducted by the NACP.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), including based on the materials of a full audit of the 2023 declaration, reported suspicion to the former director of the Kostopil Forestry Branch of the State Enterprise ‘Forests of Ukraine’ under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court imposed a preventive measure on the former official in the form of detention with the right to post bail in excess of UAH 43 million.
The SBI, including based on materials from the NACP, also notified the former deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office of suspicion for declaring false information in the amount of UAH 1.9 million.
In June, the competent authorities sent indictments to court in criminal proceedings based on the materials of full audits of declarations
The NPU sent an indictment to court in criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against an official of the Main Directorate of the State Geocadastre in the Kyiv region.
Results of full audits for the first six months of 2025
In total, during the first six months of 2025, the NACP completed 484 full audits of declarations, with violations found in 470 of the declarations audited, and in 60% of the declarations checked, signs of unreliable information (signs of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine or Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences), illegal enrichment, unjustified assets, and violations of restrictions defined by law were found. In 12 declarations, signs of illegal enrichment in the amount of UAH 454.1 million were found, in 17 - signs of unjustified assets in the amount of UAH 81.8 million, in 253 - signs of declaring unreliable information in the amount of over UAH 2.1 billion, signs of conflict of interest - in five declarants.
For comparison: according to the results of full audits of declarations completed in the first six months of 2021, signs of declaring inaccurate information, illegal enrichment, unjustified assets, and violations of restrictions defined by the Law were found in 17% of the declarations checked, and in the first six months of 2024, signs of such violations were found in 45% of the declarations checked.
Since the beginning of the year, as a result of the consideration of 139 substantiated conclusions of the NACP, pre-trial investigation bodies have initiated criminal proceedings, and the materials of another 30 audits have been added to previously initiated criminal proceedings.
This year, pre-trial investigation authorities have sent 14 indictments to court based on NACP materials for offences under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Currently, 17 criminal proceedings in this category are pending in court based on the materials of full audits completed in 2024-2025, four indictments have been handed down, three of which have become final.
In particular, the Konotop City District Court of Sumy Region found a former deputy of the Dubov of the Dubovizka Village Council of the Konotop District guilty of making false declarations under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to a fine of UAH 51,000 and deprivation of the right to hold office or engage in activities related to the performance of state or local self-government functions for a period of one year. The verdict has become final.
Also, the Lipovetsky District Court of Vinnytsia Region found a former deputy of the Turbiv Village Council guilty of committing a criminal offence under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine based on the materials of a full audit by the NACP. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to a fine of 51,000 hryvnias 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 in excess of UAH 5.5 million by himself and his family members (wife and mother) and fully admitted his guilt in committing a criminal offence. The verdict has entered into legal force.
According to the protocols of the National Police of Ukraine, drawn up on the basis of the materials of full audits by the NACP, in 2025 the courts brought 10 persons to justice under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
For example, the Turka District Court of Lviv Region, as confirmed by the Lviv Court of Appeal, found the former head of the criminal police sector of Police Station No. 2 of the Sambir District Police Department of the Main Police Department in Lviv Region guilty of making false declarations and imposed a fine of UAH 25,500.
By a ruling of the Darnytskyi District Court of Kyiv, left unchanged by the Kyiv Court of Appeal, based on the results of consideration of the protocol on administrative offences drawn up by the NACP, an investigator of the Darnytskyi District Police Department of the Main Police Department in Kyiv was found guilty under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences and fined UAH 17,000.
The results of the full audits show that the application of a risk-based approach to the selection of declarations for full audit had a positive impact on the effectiveness of their conduct.
Among all the full audits of declarations completed since the beginning of the year, the most violations were found in declarations submitted by representatives of:
- local government bodies — in 112 declarations (of which 83 were submitted by local council deputies and 17 by regional council deputies); one deputy head of a regional council, four heads of city councils, one head of a district
- council and one head of a settlement council, three deputy mayors and two employees of city council administrations);
- 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);
- the judicial system — in seventeen (including thirteen judges);
- National Police - in twenty-one;
- customs and tax services - in ten (declarations of three customs officers and seven tax officers);
- state-owned enterprises - in eleven (including three submitted by managers, one by an acting manager and six by deputies);
- territorial recruitment and social support centres — in seven;
- medical and social expert commissions — in nine.
Regional breakdown
The highest number of cases of officials declaring inaccurate information was found in the following regions:
- in 16 out of 19 verified declarations in the Kyiv region (84%);
- in 51 out of 63 — Dnipropetrovsk region (81%);
- in 17 out of 24 — Khmelnytsky region (71%);
- in 11 out of 16 — Rivne region (69%);
- in 9 out of 13 — Zakarpattia region (69%);
- 6 out of 9 in Zaporizhzhia region (67%);
- 5 out of 8 in Kirovohrad region (63%);
- 9 out of 16 in Poltava region (56%);
- 13 out of 25 in Vinnytsia region (52%);
- 14 out of 27 in Kharkiv region (52%);
- 12 out of 24 in Lviv region (50%);
- 15 out of 37 in Odesa region (41%);
- 44 out of 146 in Kyiv city (30%).
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 takes measures to bring the person to justice in accordance with the law.
If there are grounds, the materials are transferred to the pre-trial investigation authorities, as well as to the SAPO for consideration of the issue of civil confiscation of unjustified assets.
The list of persons subject to full audits, as well as the results of the audits, can be found here.
What happens to the declaration after it is submitted — read here.
