Position: former chairman of the Kunytska village council.
Sphere of corruption: land issues.
Region of corruption activity: Vinnytsia region.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (abuse of influence).
Status: at large.
Case story: At the end of July 2025, the Khmelnytskyi Court of Appeals issued a new verdict against Yaroslav Kachur, the former head of the Kunytskyi village council, for corruption. The official demanded a $15,000 bribe from a local resident for the allocation of five land plots. Instead of a fine, the accused was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
According to the verdict of July 17, in April 2020, a man turned to the head of the Kunytska village council, Yaroslav Kachur, with a request to allocate land for his fellow villagers for personal farming. The official promised to influence the village council deputies, for a reward of $15,000, so that during the next session they would make a decision to transfer five plots of land with a total area of 9.9 hectares.
On October 19, 2020, Yaroslav Kachur met with a local resident in his office and handed him five decisions on the allocation of land plots, as he had requested. When the official received a $15,000 reward, he was detained by law enforcement officers.
The court of first instance found the village head guilty under Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (abuse of influence) and imposed a fine of UAH 59,500. However, the prosecutor proved in the Khmelnytskyi Court of Appeal that such a punishment is too lenient and does not correspond to the severity of the crime committed. Ultimately, Judge Larysa Kulesha changed the sentence - instead of a fine, she imposed 5 years of imprisonment.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: no information is available from open sources about possible accomplices.
Assets: There are no declarations of Kachur's income in open sources.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded promptly to Yaroslav Kachur's criminal activities.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, Kachur was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
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