A former head of the Central-Western Interregional Department of the Ministry of Justice in Khmelnytskyi, who is related to former Khmelnytskyi MSEC chief Tetiana Krupa, has been notified of suspicion for intentionally submitting false information in her asset declaration.
The information was released by the State Bureau of Investigation, Ukrinform reports.
"Investigators established that in September 2022 the official opened a bank account in Austria and transferred more than $540,000 to it in two payments. However, when submitting her annual declaration for 2023, she failed to declare either the foreign bank account or the funds held in it," the SBI said.
According to investigators, the total value of the undeclared assets exceeds UAH 19.5 million.
The former official has been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of Ukraine's Criminal Code (intentional submission of knowingly false information in an asset declaration where the discrepancy exceeds 2,500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons). The charge carries a penalty of up to two years' imprisonment and a ban on holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years.
