Ex-head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC spent UAH 800,000 on vacation

Former head of the Khmelnytskyi regional center of the MSEC, Tetyana Krupa, who is suspected of illicit enrichment, visited Turkey a few months before her detention, Absolution reports.

A statement was found on Krupa's device addressed to Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, requesting permission for treatment at the Acibadem Altunizade medical facility (Istanbul). The former head planned to stay in a foreign medical facility from July 25 to August 25, 2024.

In addition, law enforcement officers recorded correspondence between Tetyana Krupa and a person who was supposed to help with the issuance of an invitation for diagnostics and treatment at a Turkish medical institution. Among others, a message from Krupa was found, in which she insisted on meeting with the aforementioned person:

"Give me money and discuss how I can leave some trace in the clinic, because if there is a request from Ukraine, they need to answer that I was treated. It would be good if the clinic did not answer at all."

The investigation found Krupa's correspondence, where she was interested in holiday tours to the city of Fethiye. It was about booking apartments in hotels; the employee sent photos of documents, as well as her husband. Krupa was interested in the following dates: from August 1 to August 15, 2024 (the cost of the tour was 833.6 thousand hryvnias), from August 11 to August 25 (1.13 million hryvnias).

As the investigation found out, Tetyana Krupa did travel to the city of Fethiye (700 km from Istanbul, where the Acibadem Altunizade medical facility is located) on the days when she was supposed to be receiving treatment.

Suspected of illegal enrichment, former chief physician of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Center for Medical and Social Expertise Tetyana Krupa owned cryptocurrency. The materials of the pre-trial investigation indicate that during the examination of the suspect's mobile phone, detectives found data indicating the presence of crypto assets in her possession. At the same time, the investigation is not naming specific amounts at this time.

We also previously reported that the Supreme Court of Ukraine extended until October 5 the pre-trial investigation into the case of suspicion of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC, deputy of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council, Tetyana Krupa, in illegal enrichment.

Let us remind you that Tetyana Krupa and her son Oleksandr are suspects in the EBK base.