Hiding half a million dollars in Austria: Former Justice Ministry official to be tried in Khmelnytskyi region
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An indictment was filed in the Khmelnytskyi region against a former official of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine who failed to declare $540,000 in an account in an Austrian bank. In 2022, this amount amounted to over UAH 19.5 million.
This is reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.
At the time of the offense, the woman headed one of the departments of the Central-Western Interregional Department of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi. In her annual declaration for 2022, she did not indicate a bank account in Austria and the funds on it.
In June 2026, in cooperation with the NACP and SAP, SBI investigators informed the former police officer of the suspicion. She does not admit her guilt. Currently, the woman has been dismissed from her position and no longer works in the justice system.
The former official is accused of intentionally entering into the declaration knowingly false information in the amount of more than 2,500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The sanction of the article provides for up to 2 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to 3 years.
The origin of the funds and other possible transactions of representatives of this business family are being investigated within the framework of separate criminal proceedings. The procedural management of the case is carried out by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Let us recall that in the Lviv region, a man ensured the construction of a facility on the Lviv-Krakowets national highway using funds intended for other needs of the road industry.
Earlier, NABU and SAPO exposed an official of the State Border Service of Ukraine and the owner of a private drone manufacturing company for extorting $1 million in illegal profits for the supply of drones. According to the investigation, the funds were demanded for the smooth conclusion of the contract and acceptance of the equipment.
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