Position: Deputy Chairman of the Kamianets-Podilskyi District Council.
Sphere of corrupt activity: national security and defense.
Region of corruption activity: Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Qualification: actions are qualified under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: The issue of choosing a preventive measure and removal from office is currently being decided.
The plot of the case: in late May 2025, law enforcement officers exposed the deputy head of the Kamianets-Podilskyi district council for taking a bribe. The official promised to issue a disability group II to a friend for a $5,000 reward. Now he faces up to eight years in prison.
According to the investigation, the deputy head of the Kamianets-Podilskyi district council offered his friend help in obtaining a disability group II for his daughter, which would later allow her son-in-law to receive a deferral from mobilization. To resolve this issue, he offered to influence the doctors of the expert group for a reward of $5,000.
A 61-year-old official was detained while receiving money. The issue of imposing a preventive measure on him and removing him from office is currently being considered.
The official website of the Kamianets-Podilskyi District Council lists 61-year-old Mykola Zhohan as the deputy chairman. The official was charged with receiving unlawful benefit (Part 3, Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for three to eight years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: no information is available from open sources about potential accomplices.
Assets: According to the official's declaration for 2024, he and his wife own 10 real estate properties, two of which are residential buildings. All properties are in the Kamianets-Podilskyi district. The family has no vehicles.
Mykola Zhohan has corporate rights in the Kamianets-Podilskyi district public organization "CHORNOBYL".
Last year, the official received a salary of UAH 389,530 from the Kamianets-Podilskyi District Council. Income from renting out property amounted to UAH 18,634. He received social benefits from the Slobidsko-Kulchievets Village Council - UAH 1,000. The amount of damage caused as a result of the Chernobyl disaster amounted to UAH 6,012. Subsidy - UAH 19,280. Mykola Zhohan receives a pension: last year he was credited with UAH 343,342.
Mykola Zhohan keeps 200,000 UAH in cash.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded to Zhohan's criminal activities in a timely manner.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, the official was not identified as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/eaa069df-5299-4db2-80fe-ddb067615de3