The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has completed a full audit of the 2023 annual declaration submitted by the former head of the Regional Service Center of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rivne Oblast.
As a result of the audit, signs of false reporting of assets worth over UAH 3.1 million were identified. In particular, the ex-official “failed to declare”:
- Two land plots measuring 930 sq.m and 915 sq.m in Rivne, with a minimum market value of over UAH 3.17 million, which he acquired as a gift from his wife during the reporting period;
- Personal income in the form of a non-monetary gift—the value of the aforementioned land plots received as a gift;
- His wife’s income received as a payout of her share in the authorized capital of LLC “VILAR-TRADE” after leaving the company as a participant.
It is noteworthy that the ex-official’s wife, being a participant in LLC “VILAR-TRADE” for just one day, left the company and received two land plots with a market value of UAH 3.17 million as compensation for her share in the company’s authorized capital. A few months later, these plots were gifted to the declarant. At the same time, the share in the company’s authorized capital acquired by the ex-official’s wife was only UAH 3.8 thousand.
Based on the audit results, NACP issued a substantiated conclusion and forwarded the materials to the State Bureau of Investigation, which is conducting a pre-trial investigation in a criminal proceeding under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (false declaration).
A complete list of persons subject to full audits by NACP, as well as the results of these audits, can be found here.
What happens to a declaration after it is submitted? Read here.
According to Part One of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court’s guilty verdict.
