The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has completed an investigation into the former head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Ternopil region for declaring false information, including on the basis of full audits of declarations by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). The indictment has been sent to court.
Based on the results of audits of the official's declarations for 2022 and 2023, the NACP found false information worth more than UAH 13.3 million and UAH 9.3 million, respectively.
The official did not provide information about two residential buildings of 290.6 m² and 64.6 m² owned by his mother, but in which he actually lived with his family, and the land plots on which the property is located.
The tax officer tried to deny using the property, but the NACP and the SBI collected evidence to the contrary.
The official is charged with committing a criminal offence under Part 2 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ‘Intentional submission of knowingly false information in the declaration of a person authorised to perform state functions’. The operation was conducted by the Ternopil Region Prosecutor's Office.
Remarks. In accordance with Article 62(1) 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 by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
