Position: Acting Head of the 10th Department of the Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: Lviv city, Lviv region.
Qualification: Part 2, Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: the court found her guilty and imposed a fine of 34 thousand UAH.
Case story: The Frankivsk District Court sentenced the acting head of the 10th department of the Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital, Viktoria Shakhova, who was caught taking a bribe for making a fictitious diagnosis. The court fined the doctor 34,000 UAH.
As indicated in the case materials, in late June 2024, Viktoriya Shakhova promised an acquaintance to establish a fictitious diagnosis that would be the basis for declaring a conscript unfit for military service. She demanded $1,000 for influencing members of the LCC.
On October 8, 2024, a doctor received a $300 bribe on the territory of a psychiatric hospital. She was supposed to give $200 to the head of the 15th ward of the hospital for a decision on an inpatient examination of a client. On October 23, she received another $300 for a fabricated fictitious health examination report for a conscript. She was then detained by law enforcement officers.
In court, Viktoriya Shakhova fully admitted her guilt. Judge Yuriy Vanivskyi found her guilty under Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and imposed a fine of UAH 34,000. This verdict can be appealed.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: unknown.
Assets: her declaration is missing from the NACP register.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Shakhova, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner, but judge Yuriy Vanivskyi imposed a fine.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Shakhova would have appeared .
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