Position: Head of the Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine of the State Food and Beverage Service in the Volyn region.
The sphere of corrupt activity: health care.
Region of corruption activity: Volyn region.
Qualification: Zarubaiko's actions were qualified under Part 3 of Article 368 (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an illegal benefit by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: law enforcement officers detained Zarubaiko, currently the issue of selecting a preventive measure and removing him from office is being resolved.
The plot of the case: on February 16, 2024, in Volyn, the police exposed an official of the regional department of the State Production and Consumer Service for bribery. The head of one of the departments demanded a bribe of $400 per month from a state laboratory employee for not interfering with his work and not conducting unscheduled inspections.
As local mass media learned from their own sources, the detained person is Yaroslav Zarubayko, who is the head of the Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine.
The operatives detained the official immediately after receiving part of the bribe in the amount of $1,200, and the day before, they recorded the receipt of $800.
The official was informed of the suspicion under Part 3 of Article 368 (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an illegal benefit by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Currently, the issue of choosing a preventive measure and removing him from his position is being resolved.
Persons potentially involved in the corruption scheme: from open sources it is not known about the alleged accomplices.
Assets: in the declaration for 2021, Zarubayko listed two real estate objects - a plot of land and a residential building.
In addition, in the same year, the official's wife Tatiana declared a Citroen S4 Picasso car worth UAH 225,000.
For 2021, Yaroslav Zarubayko received UAH 228,908 in salary, and his wife received UAH 210,722 and UAH 100,000 as a gift.
Zarubaiko's son and daughter also received monetary gifts - UAH 25,000 each.
In the same year, the official's wife Tetyana indicated $5,000 in cash, but Zarubaiko did not indicate monetary assets.
During the first year of the full-scale war, Yaroslav Zarubayko received a higher salary - UAH 278,380, and his wife - almost UAH 300,000 in wages and another UAH 100,000 as a gift.
In 2022, the official's children - a daughter and a son - received UAH 50,000 each as gifts.
In addition, in 2022, Zarubaiko's wife indicated a larger amount of monetary assets - it increased by $3,000 compared to 2021.
In 2023, Zarubaiko and his wife Tetyana's salary increased significantly. The official declared UAH 374,843 in salary, his wife - UAH 371,371. In the same year, their children again received gifts in the form of money - 50,000 hryvnias for each.
In addition, Zarubaiko's wife declared $8,000 and UAH 100,000 in cash in 2023, and her son and daughter also declared UAH 50,000 in cash.
Persons who should have responded to corruption schemes: in the case of Yaroslav Zarubayko, law enforcement officers responded in time to the official's criminal activity.
Scandals: before the emergence of the corruption scheme, he was not noticed as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
Volyn police detained an official of the State Production and Consumer Service for bribery
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