Position: Director of the Varaska Multidisciplinary Hospital, Deputy of the Varaska City Council.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: Varash city, Rivne region.
Qualification: the actions of the suspects are qualified under Art. 368-3, Art. 114-1, Art. 366-2, Art. 212-1, Art. 367, Art. 201-4, Art. 212, Art. 191, Art. 366, Art. 358, Art. 246, Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: temporarily suspended from duty.
The plot of the case: in August 2025, the heads of the medical institution reported suspicions of corruption. The issue was the purchase of medical equipment at an inflated cost, which caused losses to the budget of 1.8 million hryvnias. Later, it became known that Tetyana Latyshenko was temporarily suspended from her duties.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: suspicion was received:
- director of education
about an institution that received over UAH 1.7 million in illegal benefits for fictitious enrollment of 110 students and registration of employment relationships with 15 teachers, thereby helping them evade mobilization;
- the director of a municipal enterprise of the Rivne territorial community, who did not declare property worth over UAH 8 million;
- the head of the state enterprise NAAS, who evaded paying a single contribution for mandatory state social insurance. Losses – 2 million UAH;
- Head of the Department of the Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service in the Rivne region, an official of the Capital Construction Department of the Rivne City Council, and an official of the contractor, who caused losses of almost 2 million UAH during the construction, repair, and arrangement of roads and streets;
- an official of the Housing and Communal Services Department of the Varaha City Council and contractors who seized budget funds during the renovation of the hospital and city council premises. The amount of damage is over 500 thousand UAH;
- the director of a municipal enterprise, who is also a deputy of the Varaha City Council. The official caused UAH 1.8 million in losses by purchasing medical equipment at an inflated price;
- three local men who, using documents from charitable foundations, smuggled vehicles into the territory of Ukraine and evaded taxes in the amount of UAH 9 million;
- the head of the municipal enterprise of the Shpanivka territorial community - caused damage in the amount of UAH 1.3 million by overstating the volumes of services provided for the removal of household waste;
- two directors of a municipal enterprise of the Dubno City Council - instead of returning funds to the budget, they illegally used them for the needs of the enterprise. The amount of budget losses is almost 1 million UAH;
- an official of the regional branch of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine", who, together with two accomplices, organized illegal logging on the territory of the nature reserve fund, causing losses of almost UAH 1 million;
- two state administration officials who improperly performed their duties in performing technical supervision during repairs of healthcare and educational institutions. The amount of damage is over 1.3 million UAH;
- the director of an educational institution, who paid UAH 700,000 from the budget for goods that were not actually delivered;
- an official of the Dubrovytsia City Council who purchased computer equipment for educational institutions at inflated prices. The amount of losses is 250 thousand UAH;
- a contractor who misappropriated budget funds in the amount of over 200 thousand UAH while carrying out repairs to shelters in educational institutions;
- a village council member who has not filed a declaration for 3 years;
- two officials who caused more than half a million in damage to the interests of the state by not properly checking the amount of work performed.
The actions of the suspects were qualified under Art. 368-3, Art. 114-1, Art. 366-2, Art. 212-1, Art. 367, Art. 201-4, Art. 212, Art. 191, Art. 366, Art. 358, Art. 246, Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Assets: in the declaration for 2024, Latyshenko indicated three apartments, a garden (summer) house and a land plot, declared a Mercedes-Benz GLA 200 CDI car, 2020 model, worth UAH 729,672, and also indicated UAH 1,024,168 in salary, UAH 66,522 in salary received from part-time work, and gifts worth UAH 224.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Latyshenko, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Latyshenko would appear.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/801098ed-1b09-4144-84ce-489a60ed9b7e