Officials from the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) in cooperation with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAСP) have notified a lawyer of their suspicion that he previously held various positions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Police of Ukraine from 2012 to 2023, and who, during the last three years of his law enforcement career, headed the criminal police first in the Dnipropetrovsk and then in the Kirovohrad regions.
The SBI found that during his service, the declarant received excessive profits in an unidentified manner, thanks to which he accumulated a significant amount of funds.
In turn, based on the results of monitoring his lifestyle, which lasted from mid-September last year, the NACP found that during 2022-2023, he became the owner of movable and immovable property worth over UAH 33 million. In order to legalise the funds, the former official registered the acquired assets in the names of his relatives — his wife, mother, mother-in-law and other relatives — and initiated the conclusion of loan agreements with signs of fictitiousness for the alleged transfer of funds to them by third parties for the purchase of assets.
This includes 17 apartments in the centre of Lviv, four apartments and two parking spaces in a new building in Dnipro, and a Seat Leon and Range Rover Evoque car.
NACP analysed the official's family's income and expenses and found that it was impossible to acquire the property in question from legal sources.
For example, the 70-year-old mother of the suspect purchased ten apartments for almost UAH 15 million, even though she received just over UAH 2 million in income between 1999 and May 2023.
The 78-year-old mother-in-law of the former official is the ‘owner’ of nine apartments worth over UAH 13 million. However, having been retired since 1998, as of 2022, she received approximately UAH 467,000 in income and UAH 272,000 in pension payments.
An 85-year-old relative of the declarant, who owns two apartments and two parking spaces in Dnipro, has received income and pension payments totalling approximately 330,000 UAH over the past few years, while the value of the property purchased exceeds 4 million UAH.
The former law enforcement officer is charged with committing a criminal offence under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, ‘Illegal enrichment.’ If proven guilty, he faces imprisonment for a term of five to ten years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years.
The case is being prosecuted by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.
