During 2024-2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) launched full audits of 23 declarations of officials of the Territorial Centres for Recruitment and Social Support, 18 of which have been completed. The results revealed signs of false information worth over UAH 28.5 million, signs of illegal enrichment worth over UAH 5.6 million, and unjustified assets worth over UAH 2.6 million.
In particular, the declaration of the head of the Dnipro Regional Territorial Centre for Recruitment and Social Support 2022 revealed signs of illegal enrichment. Thus, between 26 August 2021 and 18 July 2023, close relatives of the official acquired assets worth over UAH 8.8 million, the legality of the sources of which has not been confirmed. In particular, two apartments in Dnipro, two cars (a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Ranger), and $65,000 were acquired, which were gifted to the wife by her father, whose income was insufficient to cover such expenses.
In addition, the official did not declare six properties that he owns and two more properties that he used together with his family members. He also did not provide information about two cars that he used and about the income he and his wife received.
Based on NACP materials, the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) initiated criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (‘Declaration of false information’) and Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (‘Illegal enrichment’), which has been completed and the case has been sent to court.
The 2022 declaration of an officer of the recruitment and staffing department of the Odessa Regional Centre for Recruitment and Social Integration revealed signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 3.8 million. The declarant did not declare a land plot owned by him, an apartment that was in his use during the reporting period, as well as two apartments belonging to his daughter. In addition, he provided inaccurate information about the value of his apartment, three cars and a motorcycle, and did not declare his corporate rights. The NACP sent a substantiated conclusion to the NPU, and criminal proceedings are ongoing under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Also, based on the NACP's materials, the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) started a pre-trial investigation under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against the commander of one of the security units of the Bohodukhiv District Centre for Social Services and Social Protection of the Kharkiv Region. The official's declarations for 2022 and 2023 contain signs of false information amounting to over 2.6 million and UAH 2 million, accordingly. The official did not provide information about two land plots he owned and an apartment he used, as well as income in the form of monetary allowances and cash assets in his own bank accounts.
Based on materials from the NACP, the State Bureau of Investigation also launched an investigation under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against the head of the military registration office for sergeants and soldiers of the reserve at the Dubno Regional Military Registration and Enlistment Office and the Rivne Regional Military Registration and Enlistment Office. His 2023 declaration revealed signs of false information amounting to over UAH 1.6 million. The official did not declare a residential house and land plot that he used with his family.
In addition, the Leninsky District Court of Kharkiv found the commander of the Kharkiv Regional Military Registration and Enlistment Office guilty of an administrative offence under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences and imposed a fine of 17,000 hryvnias. The official indicated inaccurate information in his declaration in the amount of UAH 645,000, failing to declare two land plots owned by him, providing inaccurate information about the value of his car and his income.
Disclaimer. In accordance with Part 1 of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person shall be presumed innocent of a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt has been proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict.
A full list of persons subject to full checks, as well as the results of the checks, can be found here.
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