Courts in the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions have held officials accountable for knowingly submitting false information in their declarations (Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (CUAO)).
The violations were detected following audits on the completeness of asset declarations conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). Subsequently, the Agency forwarded reasoned conclusions to the National Police of Ukraine, based on which law enforcement officers drew up the relevant administrative protocols for further judicial review.
Specifically, the Kamianka-Buzka District Court of the Lviv Region found a deputy of the Zhovtantsi Village Council guilty of committing an administrative offence for failing to disclose in his 2023 and 2024 declarations his share of a building exceeding 2.5 thousand square meters, as well as 14 leased land plots with a total area of over 11 hectares.
The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Lviv reviewed two protocols concerning an operations officer of the criminal police sector in the Lviv region. The law enforcement officer entered false information into his 2023 and 2024 declarations, amounting to over UAH 2 million in each. The court found him guilty.
The Halych District Court of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region held a deputy of the Bilshivtsi Settlement Council of the Ivano-Frankivsk district accountable for declaring false information for 2024, amounting to over UAH 1.6 million.
The courts imposed administrative sanctions on the offenders in the form of fines amounting to 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens (UAH 17,000).
The NACP continues its systematic work to detect violations in the field of financial control. Thus, following audits on the completeness of asset declarations, the Agency sent five more reasoned conclusions to the National Police of Ukraine regarding:
- A deputy of the Sofiivka Village Council of the Berdiansk district, Zaporizhzhia region – for entering false information into the 2024 declaration amounting to over UAH 2.8 million (signs of a criminal offence under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code (CC) of Ukraine);
- A deputy of the Tarutyne Settlement Council of the Bolhrad district, Odesa region – for entering false information into the 2024 declaration amounting to over UAH 3.4 million (signs of a criminal offence under Article 366-2 of the CC of Ukraine);
- A deputy of the Bolhrad District Council of the Odesa region – for entering false information into the 2024 declaration amounting to over UAH 8.3 million (signs of a criminal offence under Article 366-2 of the CC of Ukraine);
- A deputy of the Mohyliv-Podilskyi City Council of the Vinnytsia region – for entering false information into the 2024 declaration amounting to over UAH 974,000 (signs of an administrative offence under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the CUAO);
- A chief specialist, landscaping inspector, and ecologist of the Safety and Control Department of the City Economy Department of the Drohobych City Council, Lviv region – for entering false information into the 2024 declaration amounting to UAH 800,000 (signs of an administrative offence under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the CUAO).
Caution. According to Part 1 of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proved legally and established by a court's verdict of guilty.
