Violations worth UAH 685 million were detected as a result of 88 completed full audits of declarations in October

In October 2024, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 88 full audits of declarations selected under the new risk-based approach. Inaccurate information was found in 48 declarations (55% of the completed ones) for UAH 663.8 million, signs of unreasonable assets for more than UAH 7 million, and illicit enrichment for UAH 14.3 million. In October, 38 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities.

The top 10 violations based on the results of full audits in October were found in declarations:

1. Member of Parliament of Ukraine (signs of false information worth more than UAH 2.7 million in the declaration for 2022; the substantiated conclusion was sent to the NABU for inclusion in the criminal proceedings under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
2. Head of the Kharkiv Regional Council (signs of inaccurate information for more than UAH 3.4 million in the declaration for 2022; based on the results of consideration of the substantiated conclusion, the NABU initiated criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
3. Head of the Main Department of the State Migration Service in Odesa Oblast (signs of unreasonable assets worth over UAH 5.6 million and signs of false information worth over UAH 83 million in the 2023 declaration; the substantiated conclusion was sent to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI);
4. A deputy of the Dnipro Regional Council (signs of false information worth over UAH 35.5 million in the declaration for 2023; based on the results of the review of the substantiated conclusion, the NABU initiated criminal proceedings under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
5. Former Deputy Head of the Territorial Recruitment Center - Head of the Mobilization Department of the Kyiv Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center and the Department of Labor and Social Policy of Odesa (signs of unreasonable assets worth over UAH 1.4 million and signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 742 thousand in the declaration for 2023; the substantiated conclusion was sent to the National Police of Ukraine (NPU).
6. Former Deputy Head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Tax Service of Ukraine for Work with Large Taxpayers (signs of inaccurate information in the amount of over UAH 5.4 million in the 2023 declaration; the substantiated conclusion was sent to the State Bureau of Investigation);
7. Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise “Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A.M. Makarov” (signs of inaccurate information in the amount of over UAH 126.8 million in the declaration for 2023; a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU);
8. Deputy of Voronkiv village council of Kyiv region (signs of inaccurate information for more than UAH 97.1 million in the declaration for 2023; a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU);
9. Director of the Animal Shelter of the Kamianske City Council (signs of false information worth over UAH 19.1 million in the 2022 declaration; the NPU initiated criminal proceedings under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
10. Deputy of Holovanivka village council of Kirovohrad region for 2022 (signs of false information for more than UAH 50.5 million in the declaration for 2022; a substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU).

In the first 10 months of 2024, NACP launched 860 full audits, of which 542 were completed, and 318 more are ongoing. 

Of the 542 completed audits, inaccurate information was found (signs of offenses under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Part 4 of Art. 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), signs of illicit enrichment or unjustified assets, as well as violations of conflicts of interest in 280 declarations or 52% of the completed audits, i.e. in every second declaration that was audited. For comparison, in the first 10 months of 2021, such violations were found in 20% of the completed full audits of declarations.

Over the past 10 months, signs of inaccurate information worth UAH 3.15 billion, signs of unreasonable assets worth more than UAH 42 million, and signs of illicit enrichment worth UAH 160.6 million have been identified. 

Based on the results of full audits, 165 substantiated conclusions under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, 7 substantiated conclusions under Art. 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were sent to the competent authorities, of which 151 were registered in the URPTI based on the results of consideration, and 4 indictments in criminal proceedings under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were sent to court.

In addition, for declaring false information about the amount of cash in the amount of about UAH 800 thousand, based on the materials of a full inspection of the declaration, the Director of the State Property Accounting Department of the National Commission for State Regulation in Energy and Utilities was brought to administrative liability under Part 4 of Art. 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses in the form of a fine of UAH 17 thousand. The court decision has entered into force.

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.

Of 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 - 90, including 56 deputies of local councils, 15 deputies of regional councils; three heads of regional councils, one head of city council, one head of district council, three deputy mayors, and eleven other officials;
• representatives of oblast and rayon state administrations - 23, including one head of oblast state administration and one deputy head of oblast state administration, one head of rayon state administration and two deputy heads of rayon state administration, two heads of city military administrations and one deputy head of military administration;
• state-owned enterprises - 21, of which 14 were heads of such enterprises;
• customs and tax authorities - ten;
• pre-trial investigation bodies - 8;
• judicial authorities - five, including one judge, 2 jurors and two other persons;
• legislative authorities - 3 MPs;
• central executive authorities - three deputy ministers.

In addition, the facts of declaring false information were confirmed in 70 out of 194 completed verifications of declarations of officials of Kyiv city. Kyiv (36%); in 22 out of 42 completed checks of officials of Odesa region (52.3%); in 16 out of 19 completed checks of officials of Cherkasy region (84.2%); in 9 out of 12 completed checks of officials of Vinnytsia region (75%); in 10 out of 16 completed checks of officials of Poltava region (62.5%), in 23 out of 37 completed checks of officials of Kyiv region (62.1%).

We remind you that the start of a full inspection does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offense. If the audit reveals violations, 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 and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to consider civil forfeiture of unjustified assets.

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.

What happens to the declaration after it is submitted? Read here.