Position: former prosecutor of the Odessa region.
Sphere of corrupt activity: law enforcement.
Region of corruption activity: Odessa region.
Qualification: criminal proceedings were initiated on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (declaration of false information).
Status: at large.
The plot of the case: the investigation of "Schemes" "Dubai Unlocked. Ukrainian People's Deputies, Retired Judges, Prosecutors and Dubai Property Worth Tens of Millions of Dollars", published in May 2024, dealt with Kornilov's property worth over $400,000, namely two apartments in Jumeirah Bay X1 Tower, which he purchased during 2011-2012, and a hotel room in Aykon City-Tower B, the owner of which Kornilov became in 2016.
The former prosecutor has been renting out the apartments since 2014, as evidenced by transaction data from the Dubai state registry, which is available to journalists. In total, he managed to earn more than $100,000 from such activities.
In 2020, Kornilov first sold one apartment, and later a second one, this happened in 2023. For them, he received a total of more than $250,000. As of December 2024, Kornilov still owns the hotel room, which he purchased for $210,000.
When asked by journalists about real estate in Dubai, Kornilov himself stated: "I don't have any apartments there," and after clarifying that this data was confirmed by the country's official register, he hung up and did not answer further calls and messages.
In addition, the NACP also established that the Odessa ex-prosecutor did not indicate in the declaration monetary assets, income, corporate rights, and the cost of vehicles in the amount of more than 2 million hryvnias. Based on the results of the inspection, the NACP made a reasoned conclusion on the grounds of Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (inclusion of knowingly false information in the declaration) and sent it to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
Subsequently, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau opened criminal proceedings regarding the alleged declaration of false information by Oleg Kornilov. Prior to this, the National Anti-Corruption Agency checked Kornilov's declaration for 2022 and, based on the results, sent a reasoned conclusion on the grounds of false information to the NABU.
The information published in the investigative journalistic program "Schemes" regarding the assets, in particular, real estate of the former head of the Odessa region prosecutor's office, is the subject of a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings initiated by NABU detectives on December 20, 2024 on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (declaration of false information)
Earlier, a message appeared on the NACP website about the completion of the verification of Kornilov's declaration, based on the results of which the agency prepared a conclusion and published it on the official website. In particular, the National Agency confirmed the presence of undeclared real estate in Dubai, which was previously reported by "Schemes".
During the inspection, the National Agency established that the declarant owns real estate located in the United Arab Emirates, which is confirmed by information from the official land registry of Dubai.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: open sources do not provide information about Kornilov's possible accomplices.
Assets: in his 2022 declaration (before his dismissal), Kornilov indicated that he owned two land plots and a residential building in the city of Odessa.
In addition, the ex-prosecutor owns a Citroen Grand C4 Spacetourer (worth UAH 840,000), and his son owns a Nissan Leaf, purchased in 2020.
Kornilov's income for the first year of the full-scale war was 439,428 UAH, while his wife Yuliana's was 1,577,942 UAH.
Oleg Kornilov declared 780,000 UAH, 62,000 dollars, and 24,000 euros in cash.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded in a timely manner to Kornilov's criminal activities by initiating criminal proceedings.
Scandals: apart from the corruption scheme that the journalists of "Schemes" wrote about, Oleg Kornilov was not noticed as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-skhemy-prokuror-kornilov-kvartyry-dubay-nabu/33253852.html
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/f779ef03-ed2f-4508-a3f2-5f78e90b44cc