The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has found signs of illicit enrichment in excess of UAH 20 million, as well as declaration of false information worth more than UAH 5 million by a former tax officer from Kyiv. These facts were established based on the results of a full audit of the 2021 declaration submitted by the former Head of the State Fiscal Service (SFS), Internal Security Department of the Main Directorate, in Kyiv region, who until November 2023 worked as Deputy Head of the Department of the Main Directorate of State Tax Service in Kyiv.
In his declaration, the ex-official stated that he and his wife used an apartment and two parking spaces in the Pechersk district of Kyiv during the reporting period, the value of which he did not know.
The audit found that these properties were purchased by the ex-official's father-in-law and mother-in-law in 2021 for more than UAH 16 million, while their total income from confirmed sources since 1998 amounted to just over UAH 1.7 million. The contracts were concluded on behalf of the mother-in-law by the former official's wife on the basis of a power of attorney.
During the full audit, the declarant explained that the apartment and parking spaces were purchased by his father-in-law and mother-in-law for funds donated by his 88-year-old grandfather. It was more than UAH 20 million.
In addition, the said grandfather allegedly gave the ex-taxpayer's wife UAH 5 million, which was listed in the declaration as USD 175 thousand in cash.
The source of the over UAH 25 million was savings from income received in the form of salary, sale of real and personal property, collection of ancient coins, icons and precious metals. At the same time, he did not provide any documents confirming the sale of property and income.
The explanations of the declarant and his relatives regarding the sources of funds were reasonably doubted and not taken into account during the audit.
Based on the results of the audit, the NACP drew up substantiated conclusions under Art. 368-5 (illicit enrichment) and Part 1 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code (entering knowingly false information in the declaration) and sent them to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Remarks. In accordance with part one of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person shall be presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
