NACP reveals unjustified assets worth more than UAH 19 million from former chief environmental inspector

The NACP found unjustified assets worth more than UAH 19 million from the former chief environmental inspector of the Carpathian region. The State Bureau of Investigation and the regional prosecutor's office served him with a notice of suspicion.

UNN reports this with reference to the NACP.

The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), taking into account information provided by the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation in Lviv, the SBU Office in Ivano-Frankivsk region, found signs of a corruption criminal offense in the actions of the former head of the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Carpathian District - Chief State Inspector for Environmental Protection of the Carpathian District

Based on the results of the lifestyle monitoring conducted by the NACP, the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation in Lviv, under the procedural guidance of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, served the official a notice of suspicion of committing a crime qualified under Part 1 of Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - illegal enrichment.

It is reported that the NACP found that during 2020-2023, the official, his family members and related individuals acquired unjustified assets worth UAH 19.3 million. These are:

• a 2023 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG car worth UAH 9.4 million;
• a 2021 Volkswagen Touareg worth UAH 2.7 million;
• four apartments in Ivano-Frankivsk with a total value of UAH 4.3 million;
  
• non-residential premises in Ivano-Frankivsk worth UAH 3 million;
  

Thus, the official's wife became the owner of two expensive vehicles without having enough money from legal sources. She also acquired ownership of non-residential premises with a total area of more than 208 square meters in Ivano-Frankivsk for allegedly UAH 596 thousand, which she later gave to her daughter. The real value of the property is about UAH 3 million

It is noted that the official himself purchased a three-room apartment with a total area of more than 82 square meters. The average cost of such an apartment is about one million hryvnias.

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"He also acquired ownership of a two-room apartment with a total area of 75.8 square meters, which he later gave to his daughter. The official tried to prove that the apartment was purchased by his daughter. However, the NACP has collected evidence that he was the one who acquired the asset, the real market value of which is more than UAH 850 thousand," the statement said.

As for the one-room apartment of 48 square meters worth UAH 486 thousand, it was "gifted" to the official by a third party as a token of gratitude. The NACP found out that the apartment was purchased on behalf of the official himself, and its value exceeds UAH 1.2 million.

The NACP notes that the same person later purchased another three-room apartment without being financially capable of doing so. During the ICJ, it was established that the apartment, with a real market value of more than UAH 1.5 million, was purchased by the former head of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Carpathian District.

Taking into account all expenses and legitimate income of the official and his family members, the NACP found that they did not have the financial ability to purchase all the above assets at the expense of legitimate income