In May 2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 86 full audits of declarations selected using a new risk-based approach.
Violations were found in each of the declarations audited, and 64% of the declarations audited in May showed signs of inaccurate information, illegal enrichment, unjustified assets, and violations of restrictions established by the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption.’ In particular, 46 declarations showed signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 427 million, three declarations showed signs of illegal enrichment worth over UAH 64.9 million, five declarations showed signs of unjustified assets worth almost UAH 26 million, and one showed signs of violation of restrictions on combining and concurrent employment with other types of activities.
In May 2025, 49 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities regarding the detection of signs of corruption or corruption-related offences, for which criminal liability is provided for under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (CC of Ukraine) (inaccurate declaration); three - under Article 368-5 of the CC of Ukraine (illegal enrichment); five on the grounds of Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences (CUAO) (false declaration), one - on the grounds of Part 1 of Article 172-4 of the CUAO (violation of the rules on combining and concurrent employment with other types of activity).
Top 10 violations based on the results of full audits completed in May
The declaration of the Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine for 2022 revealed signs of unjustified assets worth 3.1 million hryvnias.
The declaration of the former head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the Khmelnytskyi region for 2022 revealed signs of illegal enrichment amounting to UAH 19.5 million and signs of false information amounting to over UAH 44.4 million. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has launched a pre-trial investigation.
The declarations of the former deputy mayor for the activities of the executive bodies of the Dnipro City Council for 2022 and 2023 show signs of illegal enrichment amounting to 8.9 million hryvnias and signs of inaccurate information totalling over 47.9 million hryvnias. The substantiated conclusions were forwarded to the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) and attached to the criminal case file.
The 2023 declaration of a member of the Odesa Regional Council revealed signs of unjustified assets worth over UAH 1.8 million and signs of false information worth over UAH 28.7 million. NABU has launched a pre-trial investigation.
The 2022 declaration of a former deputy of the Ivanivka Village Council in the Khmilnytskyi district of Vinnytsia region shows signs of illegal enrichment worth 36.5 million UAH and signs of inaccurate info worth over 31.8 million UAH. The findings have been sent to the NPU.
The 2023 declaration of a former member of the Slavuta City Council in the Khmelnytskyi region revealed signs of unjustified assets worth over UAH 7.9 million and signs of false information worth over UAH 10.8 million. A substantiated conclusion has been sent to the Main Investigation Department of the National Police.
The 2023 declaration of a judge of the Mukachevo City District Court of Zakarpattia Oblast contains signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 2.8 million. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has launched a pre-trial investigation.
The 2023 declaration of the head of the Zdolbuniv City Council in Rivne region revealed signs of inaccurate information worth over 7.4 million hryvnias. The inspection materials have been added to the criminal case being investigated by the NPU.
The 2022 declaration of the deputy director for construction preparation at the municipal enterprise ‘Directorate for the Construction of Road and Transport Facilities in Kyiv’ contains signs of inaccurate information amounting to UAH 24.2 million. The NPU has launched a pre-trial investigation.
The 2023 declaration of a former member of the medical and social expert commission, deputy chief medical officer of the Lviv Regional Council's municipal institution ‘Lviv Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise’, revealed signs of inaccurate information amounting to over UAH 12.7 million. The audit materials have been added to the criminal proceedings of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI)
Suspicion notices based on the results of full audits in May
The SBI has notified the former head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Ternopil region of suspicion of committing an offence under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for declaring inaccurate information in declarations for 2022 and 2023 amounting to over 13.7 million hryvnias and 9.7 million hryvnias, respectively, as well as the former head of one of the departments of the Main Directorate of the State Migration Service of Ukraine in the Odesa region for declaring false information in excess of UAH 83 million.
Indictments in criminal proceedings based on the results of full audits have been sent to court by the competent authorities
Indictments have been sent to court under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VII-VIII convocations, who was the head of the Ternopil Regional Council and is a current member of the same council (referred to the NABU), the former head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Medical and Social Examination Commission (referred to the SBI) the first deputy head of the Chuhuiv District State Administration of the Kharkiv Region and the head of the villages of Khotianivka and Oseshchyna of the Vyshhorod City Council in the Kyiv Region (referred to the National Police of Ukraine).
Statistics since the beginning of the year
In total, over the first five months of this year, the NACP completed 403 full audits of declarations, in 217 declarations, i.e. in 54% of those checked, there were signs of false information being declared for a total amount of over 1.8 billion UAH, in 11 there were signs of illegal enrichment for a total amount of 437.3 million UAH, in 15 there were signs of unjustified assets for a total amount of 72.5 million UAH, and signs of conflict of interest in five declarants.
Based on the results of the review of 110 substantiated conclusions of the NACP, pre-trial investigation bodies initiated criminal proceedings, and the materials of 27 more inspections were added to previously initiated criminal proceedings.
Since the beginning of the year, pre-trial investigation bodies have referred nine indictments to court on the basis of NACP materials for offences under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Currently, 14 criminal proceedings in this category are pending in court based on the materials of full inspections completed in 2024-2025, and three verdicts have been handed down and have entered into legal force.
For example, the Konotop City District Court of Sumy Region found a former deputy of the Duboviazivka Village Council of the Konotop District guilty of making false declarations under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to a fine of 51,000 hryvnias. 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to a fine of 51,000 hryvnias and deprivation of the right to hold office or engage in activities related to the performance of state or local self-government functions for a period of one year. The verdict has come into legal force.
Also, by a ruling of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Kharkiv, a paramedic of the social examination department (secretary of the commission) of the Regional Medical Examination Commission of the Central Medical Examination Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found guilty of committing an offence under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine for making false declarations and sentenced to a fine of 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine, a paramedic of the social examination department (secretary of the commission) of the Regional Medical Examination Commission of the Central Medical Examination Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was found guilty of making false declarations in excess of UAH 1.1 million and was fined UAH 17,000. The decision has entered into force.
In addition, during the full audits of declarations, two declarants voluntarily paid taxes totalling almost UAH 836,000 to the budget.
The results of the full audits show that the application of a risk-based approach to the selection of declarations for full audit had a positive impact on the effectiveness of the audits.
By authority
Among all the full audits of declarations completed since the beginning of the year, the most violations were found in declarations submitted by representatives of:
- local self-government bodies — in 99 declarations (of which 72 were submitted by local council deputies, 15 by regional council deputies; one deputy head of the regional council, four heads of city councils, one district council chair and one settlement council chair, three deputy mayors and two city council staff members);
- regional and district state administrations — in five (including one submitted by a district state administration chair and one by a deputy regional state administration chair);
- judicial system – sixteen (including twelve judges);
- legislative authority – two members of parliament;
- National Police – eighteen;
- customs and tax services – eight (declarations of three customs officers and five tax officers);
- state-owned enterprises – ten (including three submitted by heads, one by an acting head and six by deputies);
- territorial recruitment and social support centres – five;
- medical and social expert commission – eight.
By region
The highest number of cases of officials declaring inaccurate information were found in the following regions:
- in 42 out of 50 declarations checked – Dnipropetrovsk region (84%);
- in 13 out of 16 – Kyiv region (81%);
- in 4 out of 5 – Kirovohrad region (80%);
- in 17 out of 22 in Khmelnytskyi region (77%);
- in 11 out of 16 in Rivne region (69%);
- in 6 out of 9 in Zaporizhzhia region (67%);
- in 9 out of 15 in Poltava region (60%);
- in 10 out of 18 in Vinnytsia region (56%);
- in 6 out of 11 — Zakarpattia region (55%);
- in 14 out of 27 — Kharkiv region (52%);
- in 7 out of 15 — Lviv region (47%);
- in 13 out of 31 — Odesa region (42%);
- in 38 out of 116 — Kyiv city (33%).
Important: the start of a full audit does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offence. If the audit finds violations, the NACP will take steps to hold the person accountable under the law.
If there are grounds, the materials are forwarded to the pre-trial investigation authorities, as well as to the SAPO for consideration of the issue of civil forfeiture of unjustified assets.
The list of persons subject to full audits, as well as the results of the audits, can be found here.
What happens to the declaration after it is submitted — read here.
