Position: Head of the Human Resources Department of the Transcarpathian Regional Children's Hospital.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: Transcarpathian region.
Qualification: actions are qualified under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit for oneself or a third party for influencing a decision-making by a person authorized to perform state or local government functions, combined with the extortion of such benefit)
Status: The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the suspect is being resolved.
Case story: in early June 2025, law enforcement officers uncovered a mobilization evasion scheme organized by Viktor Pechunka, the head of the human resources department of the Transcarpathian Regional Children's Hospital. The official was detained while accepting a bribe for registering an unfounded disability for the child of a conscript. The human resources officer faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
As reported by the SSU Department in the Zakarpattia region, a medical institution official who is also a lawyer helped conscripts evade mobilization for money.
The head of the human resources department was detained while accepting a bribe at the workplace. As can be seen in the photo published by Uzhhorod City Council deputy Vitaliy Glaholya, this is Viktor Pechunka, a human resources officer at the Transcarpathian Regional Children's Hospital, who has a certificate from the Bar Council of the Transcarpathian region.
For $17,000, the defendant offered to issue a disability status to evaders or their close relatives. The criminal guaranteed his clients to fabricate medical examination reports regarding the presence of serious diagnoses. The fact of issuing a groundless disability certificate to a minor child retroactively was documented
The official was charged under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (accepting an offer, promise, or receiving an unlawful benefit for oneself or a third party for influencing a decision-making process by a person authorized to perform state or local government functions, combined with the extortion of such benefit). The sanction of the article provides for three to eight years of imprisonment with confiscation of property. Law enforcement officers are identifying others involved in the scheme.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: no potential accomplices are known from open sources.
Assets: There are no declarations of the official's income in open sources.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded promptly to Viktor Pechunka's criminal activities.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, he was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
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