Latest Anti-Corruption Updates

NABU and SAP completed the investigation of the Chernivtsi customs case
11 people are suspected of creating a criminal organization that illegally imported goods through the Vadul-Siret customs post, underestimating customs payments

The Lviv customs officer sold fictitious "white tickets" for $13,000
A 29-year-old customs inspector organized a scheme to sell certificates of unfitness for service, helping evaders to travel abroad. Detained while receiving $3 thousand

In Kropyvnytskyi, a scheme for selling military tickets was exposed
The head of the military medical commission and a doctor sold "white" tickets, dismissing them from service for false diagnoses for 2-10 thousand dollars. The scheme brought more than a million hryvnias

In Volyn, a border guard was exposed for illegal departure of conscripts
The border guard was accused of helping more than 30 men of draft age illegally leave for Poland for $3.5 thousand, without entering them into the control system

HACC will consider the case of confiscation of the property of the head of the tax office
HACC scheduled a meeting for October 21 regarding the confiscation of the apartment and two cars of Alla Ryabkova, head of the tax service of the Poltava region, and her relatives due to unsubstantiated assets

Ex-Vice President of the European Parliament Charnetsky was detained for corruption
In Warsaw, Ryshard Charnecki and his wife were detained on suspicion of corruption related to a private university. Czarnetsky has previously denied fraud charges

Ex-People's Deputy Makeyenko is suspected of not paying UAH 71 million in taxes
The SBI suspects Volodymyr Makeenko of tax evasion of UAH 71 million from UAH 387 million income abroad, using a network of foreign companies

The vice-rector of NUBiP was detained for taking a bribe to avoid mobilization
In Kyiv, the vice-rector of the NUBiP of Ukraine was detained, who received $2,000 for help with admission to graduate school to avoid mobilization

HACC appointed the case of the ex-deputy head of Odesa OVA to be considered
On September 17, HACC will consider the case of Oleh Muratov, former deputy of Odesa OVA, who is accused of embezzling UAH 9.2 million during food purchases

The Court of Appeal left Zhevago under arrest in absentia
HACC confirmed the arrest in absentia of Konstantin Zhevago in the case of bribery of a judge for a decision on the shares of Poltava GZK

The lawyer in the case of the Odessa judge pleaded guilty and made a deal
Lawyer Yevhen Berestovy, accused in the fraud case of Odessa judge Ilya Lonskyi, agreed to a deal with the investigation. He was given a 4-year suspended sentence with a 2-year probationary period

The house arrest of the director of the Mariupol port has been extended
HACC extended the night house arrest of Ihor Barskyi, suspected of embezzling UAH 13.92 million, until October 27, 2024