Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Lviv Doctor and Former Military Officer Suspected in Fake Medical Discharge Scheme
A military hospital doctor, Tetiana Voitovych, and former unit deputy commander Valerii Fesiuk are suspected of helping servicemembers obtain discharge through fabricated medical diagnoses for $5,000–$7,000. Investigators say they arranged false medical records. Both suspects were remanded in custody with the option of bail
Kharkiv Surgeon Suspected of Selling Fake Disability Status for $8,000
A 37-year-old surgeon in Kharkiv is suspected of arranging fraudulent Group III disability status for $8,000 without actual examinations or hospital treatment. According to the SBU, he recruited other doctors and promised military-liable men documents to seek mobilization deferments and travel abroad. He was detained after receiving the final payment
Odesa Clinic Suspected of Fraud Involving UAH 8.8m in Palliative Care Funds
Three people in Odesa have been charged with suspected fraud involving more than UAH 8.8 million allocated for palliative care for seriously ill adults and children. Investigators say a private clinic recorded services in the healthcare system that were not actually provided and received state payments
Kharkiv Medical Official Suspected of Concealing UAH 3.2m in Assets
The head of a department at the Voloshyn Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology has been charged with filing a false declaration. Investigators say he failed to disclose property, his wife’s income, corporate rights and expenses, and understated his car’s value, concealing assets worth over UAH 3.2 million
Lviv Region Doctor Suspected of Demanding UAH 11,500
A pediatric neurologist-psychiatrist in Lviv region is suspected of demanding money for free medical documents for a 16-year-old child. Investigators say he received payments three times for certificates and assistance with obtaining disability status
Zhytomyr Hospital Head to Stand Trial over $4,000 Bribe
A district hospital director in Zhytomyr region will stand trial for allegedly demanding $4,000 for fake medical documents to discharge a serviceman from military service. He was detained after receiving the first $2,000 payment
Odesa Medics Suspected of $4,000 Fake Disability Scheme
Three Odesa medics are suspected of organizing illegal crossings for men by arranging fake diagnoses and disabilities for $4,000. Investigators say another $1,000–1,500 was intended for expert team members in exchange for favorable conclusions
Poltava Hospital Director Gets Bail in Bribery Case
A Poltava court set bail of over UAH 260,000 and suspended the director of the city’s Clinical Hospital No. 3, Anatolii Rudych. He is suspected of receiving more than UAH 280,000 through a scheme involving inflated employee payments
Kharkiv doctor suspected of failing to declare luxury vehicles
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a doctor from Kharkiv with filing a false asset declaration after allegedly omitting two vehicles registered to his wife with a combined value exceeding UAH 3.2 million
Two Poltava clinic accountants suspected of embezzling UAH 13 million
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged two former accountants of a Poltava clinic with allegedly embezzling nearly UAH 13 million by falsifying payroll records and inflating salary payments
Zakarpattia hospital staff suspected in UAH 9.5 million fraud scheme
Hospital executives and doctors in Zakarpattia are suspected of falsifying patient treatment records, allowing the facility to unlawfully receive over UAH 9.5 million from Ukraine’s National Health Service
Hospital chief accountant charged in Chernihiv region
A hospital chief accountant in Chernihiv region has been charged with negligence after investigators found more than UAH 340,000 in unjustified salary bonuses paid to medical staff