In February 2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 85 full verification of declarations selected under the new risk-based approach.
Violations were found in 45 declarations, or 53% of the completed declarations. In particular, signs of false information were found in 45 declarations worth over UAH 584 million. In addition, in one declaration, signs of unjustified assets worth more than UAH 3.8 million were found, and in another declaration, signs of illicit enrichment worth more than UAH 17.8 million.
In February 2025, 34 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities to identify signs of a corruption or corruption-related offence, which is punishable under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ‘Declaration of false information’. Four materials were sent to the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to initiate the issue of recognising assets as unjustified.
The top 10 violations based on the results of full audits completed in February were found in the declarations of
- The former deputy head of the Odesa Regional State Administration, whose declaration for 2023 contained signs of false information worth over UAH 4.5 million. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has initiated criminal proceedings;
- the former first deputy head of the Polissia Customs of the State Customs Service, whose declaration for 2023 contained false information worth more than UAH 3 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI);
- the head of the UkrPoshta customs post of the Kyiv Customs, whose declaration for 2023 contained false information worth over UAH 14.2 million. The NABU initiated criminal proceedings;
- the former deputy head of the Chernivtsi customs post - head of the department of the Chernivtsi customs office, whose declaration for 2023 contained signs of false information worth more than UAH 7.1 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NABU;
- a deputy of the Zakarpattia Regional Council, whose declaration for 2021 contained false information worth over UAH 65.9 million, and also contained signs of illicit enrichment worth over UAH 17.8 million. The substantiated conclusions were sent to the NABU;
- a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council, whose declaration for 2022 contained false information worth over UAH 49.7 million. The NABU initiated criminal proceedings;
- a former deputy of the Brovary City Council, whose 2023 declaration contained false information worth over UAH 193.5 million. The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) initiated criminal proceedings;
- a deputy of Kostopil City Council, whose declaration for 2023 contained signs of false information worth over UAH 24.1 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU;
- a deputy of the Poltava District Council, whose declaration for 2021 contained signs of false information worth more than UAH 8.5 million, as well as signs of unreasonable assets worth more than UAH 3.8 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU;
- the former head of the Lviv Regional Council's Lviv Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise, whose declaration for 2023 contained signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 12.7 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU.
In total, since the beginning of the year, the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations has been updated with information based on 33 substantiated conclusions of the NACP. This demonstrates that the risk-based approach to selecting declarations for full verification has had a positive impact on the effectiveness of the inspections.
Based on the results of the pre-trial investigation, on 04.02.2025, the SBI sent an indictment to the court in criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ‘Declaration of false information’ based on the materials of a full inspection of an employee of the Lviv Customs.
In addition, on 11.02.2025, the NPU served a notice of suspicion to a deputy of the Liubashiv village council of Odesa region of committing a criminal offence under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine based on the results of a full inspection.
Among all completed full audits of declarations, violations were found in declarations submitted by representatives of
- local authorities - in thirty-seven cases. Twenty of them were committed by deputies of local councils, eleven by deputies of regional councils; one deputy chairman of the regional council, two chairmen of city councils, one deputy mayor and two employees of city councils' staffs;
- representatives of regional and district state administrations, namely one head of a district state administration, one deputy head of a regional state administration and one employee of the military administration;
- employees of the National Police - five;
- state-owned enterprises - five, including three cases of heads, one acting head and one deputy head;
- pre-trial investigation bodies - one;
- legislative bodies - one MP;
- military medical commissions - one;
- territorial centres of recruitment and social support - four;
- medical and social expert commission - one;
- Customs and Tax Service, including three cases involving customs officers and two cases involving tax officers.
In addition, the facts of declaring false information were confirmed:
- in 9 out of 11 completed audits - officials of Odesa region (81.8%);
- in 8 out of 10 completed audits - officials of Kyiv region (80%);
- in 7 out of 9 completed audits - officials of Rivne region (77.7 per cent);
- in 5 out of 7 completed audits - officials of Dnipropetrovska region (71.4%);
- in 4 out of 7 completed audits - officials of Zakarpattia region (57.1%);
- in 7 out of 13 completed audits - officials of Kharkiv region (53.8 per cent);
- in 6 out of 11 completed audits - officials of Vinnytsia region (36.3%);
- 13 out of 53 completed verifications of declarations of Kyiv city officials (24.5%).
Important: the start of a full verification does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offence. If the verification reveals a violation, the NACP takes measures to bring the person to justice in accordance with the law.
If there are grounds, the materials are transferred to the pre-trial investigation authorities, as well as to the SAPO for consideration of civil forfeiture of unjustified assets.
The list of persons in respect of whom full audits have been initiated, as well as the results of the audits, can be found here.
Read more about what happens to the declaration after it is submitted here.
