Ex-State Treasury Official Found with $62M in Assets

The former head of the Department of the State Treasury of Ukraine in the Poltava Region had unsubstantiated assets worth more than $62 million, the Office of the Prosecutor General and the press service of the National Police of the Poltava Region reported.

While serving as the head of the State Treasury Department in the Poltava region, the man indicated in the declaration that he allegedly received in April 2023 as an inheritance from his mother precious metals in ingots worth 3.5 million UAH, almost 6 million dollars and 420 thousand UAH in cash. Already in October 2023, the man allegedly inherited from his father more than 56 million dollars, more than 208 thousand UAH and precious metals in the amount of more than 34 million UAH.

According to law enforcement officers, in fact, the man received UAH 700,000 as an inheritance from his parents. In general, in the declaration for 2023, the former official indicated assets worth more than 62 million dollars.

This money may belong to his relative from Russia - a general of the Russian Armed Forces, which he received from corruption schemes and used to finance "investment" projects in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and the head of the department helped him legalize them in Ukraine

Law enforcement officers conducted more than 30 searches in houses and apartments, as well as garages and cars, which are used or owned by the ex-official. As a result, jewelry and decorations, gold commemorative coins, icons, precious watches of various brands and award-winning, hunting and firearms, awards of the Russian Federation with blank certificates on behalf of his relative, money, etc. were seized.

Earlier we reported that the National Agency for Search and Management of Assets searched for the assets of officials and employees of various state bodies, who were involved in cases of illegal transportation of citizens across the border.

According to AIMA, among the wanted assets are 700 units. of road transport, 390 units. residential and 138 units. non-residential real estate, 544 land plots, 12 units. sea ​​and river transport. In addition, the participants in the cases were found to have shares in the authorized capital of UAH 392.6 million and UAH 14.7 million in bank accounts.

In addition, we wrote that in 2024, the Security Service of Ukraine exposed large-scale corruption schemes in MSEC, as a result of which 4,106 fake disability certificates were canceled . 64 MSEC employees were suspected of committing crimes, and 9 people have already been convicted.