In August 2024, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 94 full audits of declarations under the new risk-based approach. The agency found inaccurate information in 42 declarations, or 45% of the completed ones, for almost UAH 761.6 million, signs of unjustified assets for UAH 1.2 million, and signs of illicit enrichment for almost UAH 100 million. In August, 32 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities and 3 reports on administrative violations were submitted to the court.
The top 10 violations based on the results of full audits in August were found in the declarations:
- Member of Parliament of Ukraine (signs of illicit enrichment of UAH 10.7 million and false information of UAH 18.2 million in the declaration for 2021, the Prosecutor General has initiated criminal proceedings)
- a deputy of the Poltava Regional Council (signs of illicit enrichment of UAH 79.1 million and false information of more than UAH 6.4 million, substantiated conclusions were sent to the NABU);
- a former member of the Board of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (signs of illicit enrichment of UAH 9.8 million and false declaration of UAH 20 million in the declaration for 2023, a substantiated conclusion was sent, as well as signs of false declaration of UAH 12.4 million in the declaration for 2022, the National Police of Ukraine (hereinafter - the NPU) initiated criminal proceedings);
- Deputy Head of the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support - Head of the Manning Sector of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support of the Operational Command “East” (signs of unreasonable assets worth UAH 1.2 million, materials were sent to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, signs of unreliable declaration for more than UAH 1 million in the declaration for 2023, a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU);
- former deputy head of the Dnipropetrovs'k Regional State Administration (signs of false information for more than UAH 130 million in the declaration for 2021, a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NABU);
- a deputy of the Lviv Regional Council (signs of inaccurate information for UAH 15.1 million in the declaration for 2021, a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NABU);
- a deputy of the Kherson Regional Council (signs of inaccurate information for UAH 11.9 million, a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NABU);
- a deputy of the Pokrovskyi District Council (signs of false information worth more than UAH 35.4 million in the declaration for 2022, the NPU initiated criminal proceedings);
- Head of the Human Resources Department of the Governmental Courier Service of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (signs of false information worth UAH 20 million, the NPU initiated criminal proceedings);
- a former deputy of the Obukhiv District Council (UAH 372.9 million worth of false information, the NPU initiated criminal proceedings).
In addition, in August, the NACP drew up 3 reports on administrative offenses under Part 4 of Art. 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (hereinafter - the Code) (for declaring false information) against persons holding responsible and especially responsible positions, which were sent to the court for consideration.
As of today, a total of 711 full audits have been launched in 8 months, of which 378 have been completed and 333 are ongoing.
Of the 378 completed audits, false information was found (signs of offenses under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), signs of illicit enrichment or unjustified assets, as well as violations of conflicts of interest in 187, or 49.5% of the completed audits, i.e. in every second declaration that was audited. This indicates that the application of a risk-based approach to the selection of declarations for full verification had a positive impact on the efficiency of the audits.
The list of persons in respect of whom full audits have been initiated, as well as all the results of the audits, can be found here.
Among all the completed full audits of declarations, most violations, including signs of illicit enrichment, false information, and unreasonable assets, were found in declarations submitted by representatives of:
- local self-government bodies - 56, including 33 local council members, 10 regional council members; one regional council chairman, one city council chairman, one district council chairman, and three deputy mayors;
- Representatives of regional and district state administrations - 19, including one head of the regional state administration and one deputy head of the regional state administration, one head of the district state administration and one deputy head of the district state administration, two heads of city military administrations and
- one deputy head of the military administration;
- state-owned enterprises - 17, of which 12 are heads of such enterprises;
- customs and tax authorities - 15;
- pre-trial investigation bodies - 7;
- judicial authorities - three, including one judge and two other persons;
- legislative authorities - two MPs;
- central executive authorities - three deputy ministers.
In addition, the facts of declaring false information were confirmed in 52 out of 135 completed verifications of declarations of Kyiv city officials (38.5%); in 13 out of 32 completed verifications of officials of Odesa region (40%); in 12 out of 13 completed verifications of officials of Cherkasy region (92.3%).
We remind you that the start of a full inspection does not mean the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offense. If the audit reveals a violation, the NACP takes measures to bring the person to justice by the law. If there are grounds, the materials are transferred to the pre-trial investigation authorities and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to consider civil forfeiture of unjustified assets.
What happens to the declaration after it is submitted? Read here.
