Criminal proceedings based on the NACP materials on false declaration of over UAH 30 million were closed in view of the CCU’s Decision

Law enforcement agencies closed criminal proceedings for declaring inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 30 million on the basis of the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) No. 13-r/2020. These proceedings were registered on the basis of materials sent by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) to law enforcement agencies in 2020 after establishing signs of inaccurate declaration (Art. 366-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) based on the results of full verification of declarations. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine closed the proceedings against the following individuals:

• Mykhailo Sirenko, Deputy of the Kyiv Oblast Council (did not declare assets worth UAH 15.9 million);
• Yuriy Shramko, Deputy Director General of the state enterprise ‘Ukrinmash’ (inaccurate information amounting to UAH 7.5 million was revealed);
• Serhiy Nikolaychuk, former Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture (did not declare revenues and expenditures totaling UAH 4.1 million);
• Vasyl Zelenchuk, First Deputy Head of the Kherson Oblast Council (did not declare assets worth UAH 711.5 thousand);
• Vadym Nesterenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the VIII convocation (did not declare corporate rights for UAH 769.8 thousand).

The State Bureau of Investigation closed criminal proceedings against Anna Kuzmenko, former Prosecutor of the Kyiv Local Prosecutor’s Office # 7 (the amount of inaccurate information is UAH 1.1 million). The Main Department of the National Police in Volyn Oblast was unable to initiate proceedings against Serhiy Leontiev, the Volyn Oblast Council Deputy, who did not declare assets and expenditures totaling UAH 1.2 million. Law enforcement agencies closed these proceedings because the Decision of the CCU declared Article 366-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine unconstitutional. In total, since May 2020, the NACP has established inaccurate declarations under Art. 366-1 of the Criminal Code in 97 declarations. The materials were sent to law enforcement agencies.