The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), based in part on the findings of a repeat full audit of the 2022 declaration carried out by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), has referred an indictment to court against the former head of the State Registration Department of the Central-Western Interregional Directorate of the Ministry of Justice (Khmelnytskyi).
She is charged with deliberately providing false information in her declaration amounting to over 19.5 million UAH (Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
In particular, the former official failed to disclose details of an account held at an Austrian bank and the funds held in it. The sum in question amounts to over 534,400 US dollars, equivalent to over 19.5 million UAH.
The origin of these funds is still being investigated by law enforcement agencies as part of separate criminal proceedings.
As previously reported, the suspect is a relative of the former head of the Khmelnytskyi Medical and Social Expert Commission, who is suspected of illicit enrichment.
The Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office is in charge of the criminal proceedings.
In accordance with Part 1 of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of a criminal offence and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt has been proven in accordance with the law and established by a court conviction.
