Signs of illegal enrichment for more than UAH 42 mln found in ex-ombudsperson Denisova's actions
Signs of illegal enrichment for more than UAH 42 million were found in the activities of former Ukrainian Ombudsperson Liudmyla Denisova, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention has said, reporting that the National Police opened relevant criminal proceedings.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention said on its website on Wednesday that having carried out a full check of the 2022 and 2023 financial statements, it detected the signs of illegal enrichment for almost UAH 10 million and the signs of inaccurate declaration for more than UAH 32.4 million in the actions of the former ombudsperson, who at the end of 2023 was a Board Member of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
The results of the check of the 2022 statement established signs of false information on more than UAH 12.4 million, particularly the lack of information on income in the amount of UAH 2.4 million, at the expense of which the declarant made repayment of a loan to the bank, and the indication of UAH 10 million allegedly received as a loan from a third party. Meanwhile, the "borrower" reported that he was asked to formalize the granting of a loan in his own name to the declarant, he did not have such an amount of money and did not actually transfer them.
In the 2023 statement, the specified financial obligation increased to UAH 20 million. In addition, based on the results of a full verification of the document, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention also found signs of unlawful enrichment in connection with the acquisition by the declarant of monetary assets from unconfirmed sources to repay the loan to the bank, the amount of which exceeds her legitimate income by UAH 9.9 million.
Signs of an offense under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (false declaration) and Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal enrichment) were revealed in the actions of the ex-ombudsperson and ex-member of the Board of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
The National Police of Ukraine launched criminal proceedings based on the materials of full checks of declarations.
