Head of Western Labor Service office suspended
The Uzhhorod City District Court of the Transcarpathian region has suspended Oksana Yezerska, head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service, from her position due to suspicion of bribery. She was given a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 242,000.
Oksana Yezerska is suspected of receiving a large amount of illegal benefit by an official (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The criminal case was registered by the State Bureau of Investigation back in January 2025, but the official was served with a charge sheet on December 22.
According to the investigation, the head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service established a scheme to obtain illegal benefits from business entities for granting permits for high-risk work and for operating high-risk equipment, expert examination, technical supervision, conducting expert examinations of technological processes, as well as for not holding legal entities and individuals who use the labor of unregistered workers accountable.
The amount of the illegal benefit depends on the nature of the objects, the type of services and the amount of penalties and ranges from 2 to 10 thousand US dollars.
On December 24, the court granted the request of the SBI investigator to remove the head of the interregional department of the State Labor Service from her position within the framework of the pre-trial investigation for a period until February 22, 2026. She was also given a preventive measure - bail in the amount of over 242 thousand UAH.
The decision on the imposition of a preventive measure states that the official and her defense attorney called the suspicion unfounded.
In addition, the court granted the investigation's request to seize the suspect's property seized during searches at her workplace - an iPhone 16 Pro max mobile phone and documents.
The powers of the Western Interregional Directorate extend to four regions – Volyn, Zakarpattia, Lviv and Rivne. For the past five years, the department has been headed by Oksana Yezerska.
We previously reported that the Netishyn City Court decided not to extend the term of suspension of Oleksandr Suprunyuk from the position of city mayor.
In addition, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Volodymyr Prokopiv returns to work after being suspended. Anti-corruption authorities did not reveal any abuses.
