The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) in August 2025 completed 96 full audits of declarations selected based on a risk-oriented approach.
Violations were found in each declaration audited in August. In 52% of them, signs of false information (indicators of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine or Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine), or unjustified assets, were established. In particular, one declaration revealed signs of unjustified assets exceeding UAH 3.7 million, and 49 declarations revealed signs of false information exceeding UAH 333.3 million.
In August 2025, 23 substantiated conclusions were referred to competent authorities under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (false declaration), 14 under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine (false declaration), and one under Part 1 of Article 172-4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine (violation of restrictions on incompatibility).
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) also received materials from a full audit of a 2023 declaration submitted by a former head of the Medical Support and Biomedical Protection Sector of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Vinnytsia Oblast for consideration of filing a lawsuit to recognize assets as unjustified.
Top 10 violations identified in declarations through full audits completed in August:
- former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Deputy Director of a subsidiary of the state company "Ukrspecexport" of the state enterprise "Specialized Foreign Trade Firm Progress," in the 2022 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 35.7 million. Substantiated conclusion referred to the National Police of Ukraine (NPU);
- former head of the State Registration Department of the Central-Western Interregional Directorate of the Ministry of Justice (Khmelnytskyi) in the 2022 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 19.5 million. NABU initiated criminal proceedings;
- head of a department at the Bureau of Economic Security in the 2022 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 4 million. Substantiated conclusion referred to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI);
- former head of the Regional Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rivne Oblast in the 2023 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 3.1 million. SBI added audit results to ongoing criminal proceedings;
- former Deputy Head of "Kyiv Metro" in the 2022 and 2023 declarations: signs of false information exceeding UAH 35.3 million. Substantiated conclusions referred to NABU;
- former head of the International Cooperation Department of the Central Election Commission in the 2022 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 2.9 million. NPU initiated criminal proceedings;
- head of the permanent Military Medical Commission of the Main Military Clinical Center (Central Clinical Hospital) of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the 2023 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 4.5 million. Substantiated conclusion referred to SBI;
- former head of the Socio-Economic Development Department of the Administration of the Kholodnohirskyi District of Kharkiv City Council in the 2022 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 15.2 million. Police initiated criminal proceedings;
- former state inspector of the Customs Post "Stolychnyi" of Kyiv Customs in the 2023 declaration: signs of false information exceeding UAH 10.4 million. Substantiated conclusion referred to SBI;
- deputy of Khmelnytskyi District Council in the 2022 and 2023 declarations: signs of false information exceeding UAH 21 million in total. SBI initiated criminal proceedings.
In August, suspicions were reported based on full audit materials for false declaration of information:
- 2023 – Bershad city mayor;
- 2022 and 2023 – head of the Accounting, HR and Archival Department of the Department of Engineering Protection of the City Territory and Development of the Coastline of Odesa City Council;
- 2023 – deputy of Cherkasy City Council.
In August, an indictment was referred to court in a criminal case based on a full audit of a declaration of a specialist of the Department of Licensing and Permitting System of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine for false declaration in the 2023 declaration exceeding UAH 4 million.
Court rulings in August:
The Central District Court of Dnipro found the head of the Department of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Department of Education and Science guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (false declaration) and imposed a fine. The ruling entered into legal force.
Results of full audits of declarations for 8 months of 2025:
In total, during the first eight months of 2025, NACP completed 663 full audits of declarations. Violations were found in 641 declarations, and in 55% of audited declarations, signs of false information (Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code or Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), illicit enrichment, unjustified assets, or violations of restrictions under the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” were established. In 12 declarations, signs of illicit enrichment of UAH 454.1 million were identified, in 21 – unjustified assets of UAH 94.1 million, in 334 – false information exceeding UAH 2.6 billion, and signs of conflict of interest in 8 cases.
Comparison: In 8 months of 2021, full audits of declarations revealed signs of false information, illicit enrichment, unjustified assets, or violations of restrictions in 14% of audited declarations; in 8 months of 2024 – in 46%.
Since the beginning of the year, based on 165 substantiated conclusions by NACP, pre-trial investigation bodies initiated criminal proceedings. Materials of another 34 audits were added to earlier criminal proceedings.
In 2025, pre-trial bodies referred 19 indictments under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine to court based on NACP materials. Currently, 20 criminal proceedings of this category from audits completed in 2024–2025 are under court review, with five guilty verdicts issued, four of which have entered into force.
The results of full audits demonstrate that applying a risk-oriented approach to selecting declarations for audit has positively influenced their effectiveness.
Among all completed audits since the beginning of the year, the largest number of violations were found in declarations submitted by representatives of:
- local self-government bodies — 149 declarations (111 submitted by local council deputies, 18 by oblast council deputies; one deputy head of an oblast council, four city mayors, two city council secretaries, one district council head, two settlement heads, one village head, three deputy mayors, two starostas, and five city council staff members);
- oblast and district state administrations — 5 (including one submitted by a district state administration head and one by a deputy head of an oblast state administration);
- Members of Parliament — 4;
- judiciary — 19 (13 judges among them);
- National Police — 27;
- customs and tax service — 14 (7 customs officers, 7 tax officers);
- State Emergency Service — 9;
- state enterprises — 12 (3 by heads, 1 by acting head, 7 by deputies);
- municipal enterprises — 13 (6 by heads, 1 by acting head, 6 by deputies);
- territorial recruitment and social support centers — 8;
- medical-social expert commissions — 11.
Regional overview
The highest share of confirmed false declaration cases among officials was in:
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — 57 out of 70 declarations audited (81%);
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast — 11 out of 15 (73%);
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast — 24 out of 34 (71%);
- Kyiv Oblast — 20 out of 29 (69%);
- Zakarpattia Oblast — 15 out of 22 (68%);
- Rivne Oblast — 13 out of 19 (68%);
- Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv Oblasts — 7 out of 11 each (64%);
- Kharkiv Oblast — 19 out of 33 (58%);
- Lviv Oblast — 15 out of 29 (52%);
- Vinnytsia Oblast — 16 out of 32 (50%);
- Poltava Oblast — 10 out of 21 (48%);
- Odesa Oblast — 23 out of 51 (45%);
- Kyiv City — 63 out of 205 (31%).
Important: the start of a full audit does not mean the declarant has committed a corruption-related offense. If violations are found as a result of the audit, NACP takes measures to hold the person accountable under the law.
Where grounds exist, materials are transferred to pre-trial investigation bodies, as well as to SAPO, to consider civil confiscation of unjustified assets.
The list of individuals subject to full audits, as well as the audit results, can be found here.
What happens to a declaration after its submission — read here.
