NACP finds unjustified assets worth UAH 7.3 mln in SMS official’s family
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NACP) found UAH 7.3 million worth of property belonging to the head of the Khmelnytskyi Department of the State Migration Service and his wife, which they could not have purchased with official income. Investigators have filed a lawsuit with the court to confiscate the couple's shopping center.
During the monitoring, the NACP established that during 2021-2023, the official's wife purchased a shopping center in one of the villages in the Khmelnytskyi region with mixed trade stores, cafes, and office space. In 2024, an apartment with an area of 52.7 sq. m was completed in the premises. The total purchase cost reached UAH 13.7 million.
The agency analyzed the income of the employee and his wife and concluded that it was impossible to purchase this property legally.
Law enforcement officers are not disclosing the suspect's name, but they note that he is the head of the Khmelnytskyi department of the State Migration Service in the Khmelnytskyi region. According to open sources, this structure is headed by Vadym Sidletskyi.
According to the official's declaration for 2023, his wife Viktoriya Sidletska is the owner of a premises in the village of Chorny Ostriv, the total area of which is 933 sq. m. The NACP is probably reporting about it.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court to declare the assets unfounded and recover them as state revenue.
We also reported that a colonel at Lviv University was fined for bribery.
