The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), based on the results of a full audit of the declaration conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has notified the former head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Ternopil region of suspicion of declaring false information in his declarations for 2022 and 2023 in the amount of over UAH 13.7 million and UAH 9.7 million, accordingly.
In particular, the former official did not indicate in his declarations information about two residential buildings with an area of over 290 square metres and 64 square metres, owned by his mother, but in which he actually lived with his family, and the land plots on which these properties are located.
The declarant denied using the property, but the State Bureau of Investigation, together with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, gathered evidence to the contrary.
The actions of the former tax official were classified under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (deliberate inclusion of knowingly false information in a declaration).
Note. In accordance with Part 1 of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person shall be presumed innocent of a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt has been proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict.
