Assets worth more than $60 million were found in possession of former State Treasury official in Poltava region. Relative, lieutenant general of RF Armed Forces, helped to "siphon off" them. PHOTO (updated)
The former official of the Main Department of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine in Poltava region was found to have unjustified monetary assets and valuables worth millions of dollars, including cash, gold commemorative coins, expensive watches, weapons and Russian awards.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, Censor.NET informs.
As noted, in his 2023 declaration, the former official of the Main Department of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine in Poltava region indicated more than USD 60 million and UAH 550,000 in cash, precious metals in bullion valued at UAH 38 million. He allegedly inherited some of the property from his parents.
The sources of acquisition of these assets, including from relatives holding public office in the Russian Federation, are currently being checked.
It is reported that more than 30 searches were conducted in houses, apartments, garages, vehicles and other facilities belonging to the former official and his relatives. During the searches, cash, gold commemorative coins, expensive watches, firearms and hunting weapons, Russian awards and other valuables were seized.
In turn, the National Police reported that, according to intelligence, a relative, a lieutenant general of the Russian Armed Forces, helped the former official to siphon off the money.
According to the analysis of the official's declaration, in April 2023, while in office, he inherited bullion metals from his mother in the amount of UAH 3,555,000, almost USD 6 million and UAH 420,000 in cash. In October 2023, he inherited more than $56 million, UAH 208,500,000 and precious metals worth UAH 34,500,000 from his father. Although in fact, he inherited money totaling UAH 700 thousand from his parents.
It is noted that on the basis of the above income, the official formed assets in the declaration for 2023 in the amount of $ 62,115,000, which is $ 60.4 million more than the specified inheritance and precious metals in bullion in the amount of UAH 38,055,000.
The National Police notes that, according to available data, these funds may belong to his relative from Russia, a general of the Russian Armed Forces, which he received from corruption schemes and used to finance "investment" projects in Russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and the head of the department helped him legalize them in Ukraine. The collected materials were transferred to the NACP for a full verification of the declaration. After receiving the results, the issue of serving a notice of suspicion will be decided.
The collected materials were sent to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. The issue of serving a notice of suspicion to the head of the department under Art. 366-2 (Declaring false information), 368-5 (Illegal enrichment) and Art. 209 (Legalization (laundering) of the proceeds of crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is being decided.
According to Poltavshchyna, this is Ihor Veryha, a former official of the city council and regional treasury who declared UAH 2.6 billion in 2023. After his dismissal, this amount disappeared from his declaration.
His wife, Olha Veryha, is the chief specialist of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Poltava City Council and is a co-owner of $62 million in cash.
The main department of the Treasury in Poltava region explained that Veryha is no longer an employee, and the NACP has not officially addressed his declaration.
Ihor Veryha is the brother of Poltava businessman Lev Veryha, who left for Russia with his wife Oksana, the daughter of Russian General Valerii Kapashin, on the eve of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.
