NACP starts checking declarations of acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service Sokur - MP
Kyiv • UNN
The NACP has started verifying the declarations of Yevhen Sokur, acting deputy head of the State Tax Service, for accuracy. The verification concerns the concealment of information about his cohabitation with his girlfriend since 2016.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption is checking the accuracy of the data indicated in the declarations of the acting deputy head of the State Tax Service, Yevhen Sokur, who concealed that he has been living with his girlfriend since 2016. This was reported by Nina Yuzhanina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, in response to a request from UNN.
Context
Earlier , UNN reported that the acting deputy head of the State Tax Service, Yevhen Sokur, had allegedly entered inaccurate datain his 2023 declaration. In particular, he did not indicate in the document the information about his partner. During the investigation into the case of an alleged attempted assassination attempt, Sokur himself told law enforcement officers that since 2016 he had been living with a girl named Alina in an apartment at 6-D Lobanovskoho Avenue. Anatoliy Burmich, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, commented to UNN that the NACP should check Sokur's declarations for their authenticity. UNN also appealed to MP Nina Yuzhanina with a request to address the NACP with a parliamentary inquiry.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption responded to my MP's appeal regarding the accuracy of the data indicated in the files of the acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, Yevhen Sokur. In its response, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption reported that "...in order to establish whether the standard of living of Yevhen Sokur corresponds to the property owned by him and his family members and the income received by them in accordance with Article 514 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption’, it has started monitoring the lifestyle of the said declarant,
Recall
Earlier, UNN reported that the assassination attempt on the acting deputy head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, Yevhen Sokur, raises many questions about its credibility. It could have been staged to divert attention from the criminal proceedings against Sokur for abuse of office.
