Failed to declare assets worth over 13.8 million hryvnias: Uzhhorod City Council deputy notified of suspicion. VIDEO+PHOTOS
A current member of the 8th convocation of the Uzhhorod City Council has been notified of suspicion of submitting knowingly false information in his declaration and legalising property obtained by criminal means. He was elected to the Uzhhorod City Council in 2020 from the OPFL party, which is now banned in Ukraine.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, according to Censor.NET.
What did he conceal?
It has been established that the amount of false declarations is 13.8 million hryvnias, and the amount of legalisation of illegally obtained assets is 11.5 million hryvnias.
According to the results of a full audit of the 2022 declaration conducted by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, it was established that the deputy deliberately did not include information about a number of assets and financial obligations in the declaration.
- In particular, the declaration does not contain information about real estate used by members of his family, including a private residential house in Uzhhorod with an area of about 360 square metres, as well as real estate in Kyiv.
- In addition, more than $315,000 in cash, which the suspect transferred to a third party, was not declared, having been registered as a loan. It has been established that in this way he attempted to legalise funds of unconfirmed origin.
- The declaration also lacks information about more than 1.3 million hryvnias in private bank accounts, almost 800,000 hryvnias in debt obligations, and about 70,000 hryvnias in wages received.
Searches
It is noted that during the authorised searches, two watches from well-known global brands, nine paintings by famous artists, a 2021 "Mercedes-Benz S-class" and "Mercedes-Benz GLE," mobile phones, documents relating to the rental of premises and cash were seized.
What are the charges?
The deputy's actions are classified under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional inclusion of knowingly false information in a declaration by a declarant) and Part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (legalisation (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means).
A preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative bail of 20 million hryvnias and seizure of the deputy's property for further confiscation has been initiated.
