The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) found signs of a criminal offense related to corruption of Anatolii Pikalo, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblastl Territorial Center for Staffing and Social Support.
According to the results of the monitoring of the lifestyle of the military commissar, signs were found that testify to his illegal enrichment of almost UAH 8.5 million.
In his declaration for 2020, Pickalo stated that neither he nor his relatives have any monetary assets. However, monitoring showed that his father had acquired movable and immovable property worth UAH 7,889,650 over the past 4 years:
- two apartments in Dnipro worth UAH 1,776,000 and UAH 698,950;
- VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT car worth UAH 359,700;
- FORD RANGER car worth UAH 780,000;
- AUDI A6 car worth UAH 1,875,000;
- car VOLKSWAGEN ID.6 worth UAH 1,300,000.
The father of the military commissar also became the sole founder and ultimate beneficial owner of the company with a charter capital of UAH 1,100,000, formed at the expense of his own cash. In July 2023, this company acquired a share of a shopping complex in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast worth UAH 1,150,000.
Considering the fact that the size of all acquired assets exceeds the amount of legally received income of the father of the military commissar by almost UAH 6 million, it is obvious that they were purchased on behalf of the military commissar itself and at the expense of funds, the legality of which sources have not been confirmed.
In addition, last year the wife of the military commissar received $65,000 as a gift from her father. USA (equivalent to UAH 2,600,000). The explanation that the donated funds were accumulated in the course of work also raises reasonable doubt, since the total legal income of the father throughout his life is much less.
In 2021, the former head of the Dnipropetrovsk military commissar also acquired several real estate properties worth UAH 168,300: two plots of land worth UAH 32,000 and UAH 22,000, as well as a residential building for almost UAH 115,000.
The NACP, together with the second department for combating organized groups with signs of corruption of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine, established that the combined income of the military committee and its relatives from legal sources is significantly lower than the value of all the above-mentioned assets purchased.
All the collected facts were transferred by the NACP to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the field of defense of the Eastern region to include them in the materials of the criminal proceedings and to carry out a pre-trial investigation regarding the military commission.
