NACP is still checking the lifestyle of Hetmantsev's assistant Yevhen Sokur, who was previously the Deputy Head of the State Tax Service

Since September last year, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has been monitoring the lifestyle of the former acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, Yevhen Sokur, who is currently working as an assistant to the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev. The audit is still ongoing, the NACP said in response to a request from UNN.

In response to your request, we inform you that the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption is monitoring the lifestyle of Yevhen Sokur, who served as Deputy Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, is ongoing.

It is worth noting that the NACP's monitoring of Yevhen Sokur's lifestyle began in September 2024, after UNN found out that he had not been declaring data about his cohabitant Alina Lebedeva for years. After the publication of Sokur's cohabitant's name, he mentioned his common-law wife Alina Lebedeva in his declaration filed in connection with his dismissal from the tax authorities. However, Hetmantsev's assistant decided not to indicate the income and property she owns.

Nina Yuzhanina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, noted in a comment to UNN that she does not understand why the monitoring of Sokur has been ongoing for more than six months. 

When I applied (with a депутатський запит to the NACP regarding the need to conduct a lifestyle check on Sokur - ed.), they talked about specific facts. Therefore, it is definitely not necessary to monitor these specific facts. It would be necessary to ask and receive an answer from the declarant. But why such a long procedure was launched is still unclear to me,

Yuzhanina added that it is not yet clear whether there will be any results of the audit.

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A criminal case is also being investigated against Sokur for official misconduct. This case was opened by the SBI on November 4, 2022 under Part 3 of Art. 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, on the fact of abuse of power by Sokur, who on October 26, 2022 signed an order to annul the license of PJSC Ukrtatnafta for the production of fuel. According to the investigation, such actions of the official caused serious consequences to the company, as well as to the state in the form of the impossibility of fulfilling the mobilization tasks of the Ministry of Defense for the production and supply of petroleum products for the needs of defense and defense capability of the state. The State Bureau of Investigation informed UNN that this criminal proceeding is still being investigated.