Position: Head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service.
Sphere of corrupt activity: occupational safety.
Region of corruption activity: Volyn, Transcarpathian, Lviv and Rivne.
Qualification: Part 3, Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 242 thousand.
Case story: Uzhhorod City District Court of the Transcarpathian region suspended Oksana Yezerska, head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service, from her position due to suspicion of bribery. She was given a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 242,000.
This is stated in the decisions published in the court registry. Oksana Yezerska is suspected of receiving a large amount of illegal benefit by an official (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The criminal case was registered by the State Bureau of Investigation back in January 2025, but the official was served with a suspicion on December 22.
According to the report on the detection of signs of a criminal offense dated January 9, 2025, the head of the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service established a scheme to obtain illegal benefits from business entities for granting permits for high-risk work and for the operation of high-risk equipment, expert examination, technical supervision, conducting expert examinations of technological processes, as well as for not holding legal entities and individuals who use the labor of unregistered workers accountable.
The amount of the illegal benefit depends on the nature of the objects, the type of services and the amount of penalties and ranges from 2 to 10 thousand US dollars.
On December 24, the court granted the motion of the SBI investigator to remove the head of the interregional department of the State Labor Service from her position within the framework of the pre-trial investigation for a period until February 22, 2026. She was also given a preventive measure - bail in the amount of over 242 thousand UAH. In addition, the court granted the investigation's motion to seize the suspect's property seized during searches at her workplace - an iPhone 16 Pro max mobile phone and documents.
The decision on the selection of a preventive measure states that the official and her defense attorney called the suspicion unfounded. Oksana Yezerska's lawyer Yaroslav Ivanytskyi clarified to ZAXID.NET that his client is being held accountable for finding resources to repair the premises at 11 Hutsulska Street in Lviv, which was transferred to the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service.
At the same time, no waste of public funds was allowed during the renovation. Oksana Yezerska did not receive any illegal benefits, and the suspicion does not contain a single sentence, no reference to Oksana Yezerska setting up a scheme to receive illegal benefits from business entities. This is only an unfounded and unfounded assumption by law enforcement agencies, aimed at tarnishing the reputation
According to him, Oksana Yezerska is cooperating with the investigation.
It should be noted that the powers of the Western Interregional Directorate extend to four regions - Volyn, Zakarpattia, Lviv and Rivne. For the past five years, the department has been headed by Oksana Yezerska.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: being identified.
Assets: in the declaration for 2024, Oksana Yezerska declared an apartment in the city of Lviv, area 69 m², date of acquisition of the right 10/18/1994, joint joint ownership, apartment in the city of Lviv, area 91.8 m², date of acquisition of the right 12/26/2019, value 1709683 UAH, joint joint ownership, apartment in the city of Lviv, area 93 m², date of acquisition of the right 11/18/2011, other right of use (residence), land plot in the village of Gai, Zolochiv district, Lviv region, area 454.4 m², date of acquisition of the right 09/06/2024, value 1 UAH, property, land plot in the village of Gai, Zolochiv district, Lviv region, area 2943.1 m², date of acquisition of the right 06.09.2024.
In addition, Oksana Yezerska declared: passenger car MERCEDES-BENZ ML 350, year of manufacture 2015, date of acquisition of the right 03.07.2019, value 502198 UAH, property of Yezersky's husband Ruslan Bogdanovich, passenger car LEXUS NX 200T, year of manufacture 2015, date of acquisition of the right 01.01.2021, other right of use (use), property of Dolinska Natalia Ivanivna.
Oksana Yezerska declared the following income: social benefits from the Shevchenkivskyi Department of Social Protection of the Social Protection Department of the Humanitarian Policy Department of the Lviv City Council in the amount of UAH 28,332, salary from the Western Interregional Department of the State Labor Service in the amount of UAH 544,687, social benefits from the Social Protection Department of the Humanitarian Policy Department of the Lviv City Council in the amount of UAH 1,000, her husband's income - part-time salary from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in the amount of UAH 14,702, her husband's income - salary (cash support) from the Territorial Department of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine in the Lviv region in the amount of UAH 1,513,134.
Oksana Yezerska also declared cash in the amount of UAH 400,000, her husband's funds, cash in the amount of UAH 2,900,000, and funds in bank accounts at JSC CB "PrivatBank" in the amount of UAH 36,956.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Yezerska, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Yezerska would appear.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/8b8ba33a-227e-4787-86ba-f65cf6d0775e