Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine, based on materials from a full verification of the declaration conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), have served a notice of suspicion to a deputy of the Poltava City Council for false declaration (Part 2, Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Based on the results of the full verification of his declarations for 2023 and 2024, it was established that he failed to indicate his wife’s use of a commercial non-residential premises in Poltava.
The verification also revealed that the couple holds cryptocurrency assets on a crypto exchange that were not reflected in the declarations. Discrepancies in the declared amount of cryptocurrency totalling over UAH 26 million were identified.
In addition, the verification established that several transactions involving the receipt of cryptocurrency from identified persons, totalling over UAH 6 million, were made to the declarant’s account on the Binance exchange. At the same time, receipts of various types of cryptocurrency from unidentified persons totalling over USDT 3.2 million were recorded.
The pre-trial investigation is being carried out by investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police, with operational support from the Security Service of Ukraine in the Poltava region, under the procedural supervision of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Disclaimer. In accordance with Part 1 of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court conviction.
