The fight against corruption in Ukraine during wartime.

[Chelseaboy]

The court seized the property,money and bank accounts of the former head of the Odesa regional military commissioner Yevhen Borisov and his family ,report the office of the Prosecutor General and the State Bureau of Investigation.


Borisov's relatives tried to move some property abroad,namely Porsche Macan GTS,which was registered to Borisov's daughter-in-law,but failed.

[Chelseaboy]

He was detained in Kyiv.


The days before he had been informed of allegations  of illicit enrichment ,absenteeism ,and evasion of military service .


According to the investigation ,during the period of martial law ,members of the suspect's family on his behalf purchased premium cars and real estate in Spain.


Here he is being arrested.

[Chelseaboy]

He's now in custody for two months with the possibility of bail of 150 million UAH.

[Chelseaboy]

SSU and SBI searched the people's Deputy of Ukraine Yurri Aristov,who was vacationing in the Maldives under the guise of a "business trip".


According to preliminary data ,in order to illegally leave Ukraine ,false information was entered into the official documents for travelling abroad,in particular regarding the term,purpose and country of the elected officials "business trip".

[Chelseaboy]

Here's where he was staying while his compatriots are fighting and dying in Ukraine.


The 5 star Waldorf Astoria hotel in the Maldives.

[Boethius]

Borisov is accused of stealing 188 million hryvna, which was for the military.

[Chelseaboy]

The National Police detained officials of the military recruitment offices in the Volyn,Dnipropetrovsk and Chernivtsi regions due to the organization of corruption schemes to evade military recruitment ,reports the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police.


According to law enforcement officials ,the amount of bribes received by the individuals ranged from nine thousand hryvnia ( 243$) to 1.5 thousand dollars.

[Chelseaboy]

Ill-gotten gains during an invasion of your country.

[Chelseaboy]

NABU and SAP employees exposed the head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine for inciting the granting of illegal benefits to judges of the Supreme Court for ruling in favour of a commercial enterprise


This is reported by the press service of the departments.


The law enforcement officers do not name the suspect,but the State Judicial Administration is headed by Oleksii Salnikov.


According to NABU ,on March 5th,the current head of the SJA received 7,500 USD from a representative of a commercial enterprise ,5000 USD of which was given to the judge for rendering a decision,and 2,500 kept to himself for mediation services.

[Trenchcoat]

Great that they're pulling up those people and taking action. Terrible that they fiddle while Rome burns as the saying goes. I kind of expected that that sort of stuff would go on but still kind of shocking that they are willing to leave their fellow Ukrainians high and dry and be such dirty low lives to take such resources from the war effort for their own self interest and greed. Ukraine has to make sure they get as much corruption sorted as possible as otherwise it could threaten to bring them to lose the war.

[Chelseaboy]

In 11 regions of Ukraine ,a large-scale scheme for draft evasion of conscripts was exposed.
100 searches were carried out in military registration and enlistment offices.-Office of the Prosecutor General.


The military commissars and members of the military medical commission issued certificates of unfitness for military service for health reasons to men of military age,due to which those liable for military service left the country.


This service cost an average of 6000 $.


Searches were carried out on the territory of Odesa,Kyiv,Poltava,Vinnytsia,Cherkasy,Chernihiv,Lviv,Zhytomyr,Ivano-Frankivsk regions and the city of Kyiv.

[Chelseaboy]

[Chelseaboy]

Searches were conducted in the regional military committee in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated on the fact of illegal enrichment for 350,000 USD.-the Prosecutor Generals office reports.


Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ,the head of the regional TPC arranged for his father several cars and two apartments in the city of Dnipro.


The figure also registered an enterprise for a family member which purchased non-residential premises with a total area of about 500 square metres.

[Chelseaboy]

The National Police eliminated a large-scale scheme for the production and sale of fake documents issued by units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.-the Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine.


Per week of illegal transactions with fake documents ,criminals earned from 1.5 to 2 million hryvnias .
So far nine people involved  have been detained,and they have already been charged with suspicion.
In addition law enforcement officers are checking whether there are citizens of Russia and Belarus among the customers.

[Chelseaboy]

The National Bank revoked the licence and liquidated the Concord Bank.


The reason is systematic violations of the requirements of the legislation in the field of prevention and combating money laundering.


The share of the financial institution was 0.17% of the assets of solvent Banks,so it's withdrawal from the market will not affect the stability of the Ukrainian Banking sector.

[Boethius]

I assume martial law has increased the ability of the SBU to uncover corruption schemes.  If so, let martial law continue for a period after the war.  Much of the issue will be changing the mentality of those in power.

[krimster2]

in ukraine, this IS NOT corruption or treason...
this is called "The Underground Economy"

you gotta do - what you gotta do
I guarantee these people weren't volunteers

you can always learn to leverage the things the government makes illegal into an income to get some of those hryvnia
russia is eager to exploit these people with free bags of kartoskie stolen from captured ukrainian fields as a bonus
each month whoever gives the best treason, gets a prize and Snovum Godom presents as well, and you wanna take that away from them?
HAH!!! You kidding right?

[Boethius]

When officials steal money it’s corruption.

[Chelseaboy]

Boethius is correct.


I've avoided posting in this section where the people involved are mere crooks and not officials.


The fake documents one was borderline,because we don't yet know who was involved or whether anyone from the Ministry of Internal affairs was involved or not.


Criminals are everywhere...we have plenty here in the UK too.


For example i read about a criminal gang in Ukraine who have been running a people smuggling racket to get young men out of Ukraine to avoid military service.but i haven't posted the details because it doesn't seem that any officials were involved...just a bunch of chancers no different than the people smuggling gangs smuggling people into the UK.


I didn't post the details in the enemy within section either..because one could say the gang had been saving young mens lives..although they weren't  doing it for that reason but to enrich themselves.

[Chelseaboy]

The SSU detained a military accountant in Odesa who embezzled more than UAH 10 million ( $273.5 thousand ) from the salary fund of Marines.


According to the investigation ,the official credited the salary and bonuses to the accounts of his acquaintances ,who are not part of the battalion and do not serve in the AFU at all.


He faces up to eight years in prison.

[Chelseaboy]

In Zakarpattia,a military commissar who used soldiers on duty to build his own house was served with a notice of suspicion.


This was reported by the office of the Prosecutor General.


"The head of the military enlistment office was found to have symbols of the Russian Federation and the USSR-St George's ribbons,the flag and military headdress of the aggressor country,a T-shirt with the USSR logo,a Soviet ID"-the statement reads.

[Chelseaboy]

In Kyiv,the head of one of the departments of the headquarters of the Ground Forces was detained,who helped men go abroad for money.
The man is also an official of the Kyiv city Military Administration.-the Prosecutor General's office.


He drew up documents on unfitness for service for $10,000.The official was detained while handing over such documents to three men.He was to receive $30,000 for this.


Now he can be imprisoned for nine years.

[Chelseaboy]

The SSU is conducting a search of People's Deputy Dubinsky ,who went on vacation abroad under the guise of treating a relative.


It is also being investigated how when he was abroad he signed documents in Ukraine ( this may indicate their forgery ).


He faces up to six years in prison..

[Chelseaboy]

SSU exposed the managers of the National Guard training centre.who unjustifiably accrued almost one million "combat" bonuses.


The officials of this institution charged themselves and their subordinates a monthly supplement of UAH 100,000.which is provided for direct participation in  hostilities against the Russian occupiers.


At the same time ,the participants in the transaction were not in the areas of combat operations and did not perform any tasks on the front line.

[Chelseaboy]

The SSU and NABU caught people's Deputy Anatolii Hunek for bribery.


According to sources,together with two accomplices.the people's deputy was going to solve the issue of leasing state lands to an entrepreneur for a "reward" .For this he received the first tranche  of 85,000 USD ,which was brought to him in a package.

[Chelseaboy]

The SBI is currently investigating 112 criminal cases related to military committees -the press service of the SBI.


15 indictments have been sent to court.Motives for popular offenses by officials of military committees are their own profit.Most often they help evaders to avoid the draft and go abroad.

[Chelseaboy]

The SBI has served a notice of suspicion to a Defence Ministry official who caused UAH 15 million ( about $401 thousand ) in losses to the state during road repairs.


" A private enterprise received more than UAH 15 million in advance but no work was performed.The money was misappropriated by the company's management and spent at their discretion " the SBI press service writes.


The Defence Ministry official is suspected of negligence in office.The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for up to 7 years.

[Chelseaboy]

The office of the Prosecutor General reported the suspicion to the former people's deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation.


He is suspected of assisting in manipulations on the stock exchange and legalization of property obtained through criminal means.


It is noted that after aiding in the manipulation of the stock exchange the people deputy received illegal investment profits in the amount of 20 million hryvnias.

[Chelseaboy]

Deputy head of Odesa Regional State Administration and his accomplices will be tried for receiving $10 thousand in illegal benefits.


This was reported by the Prosecutor General's office.


"in exchange for these funds ,they promised to influence the heads of a utility company to make a decision on his employment ."- the statement reads.

[Chelseaboy]

The head of the Belhorod -Dnistrovsk district council of the Odesa region Hryhorii Melnychenko was detained by the SSU and the Prosecutors office ,local media reports.


He is suspected of a number of crimes ,including theft of boats intended for crossing the Dnipro.

[Trenchcoat]

Looks like those taking bribes in exchange for those wishing to dodge the draft is far more extensive than just the one case that recently came to light:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/zelenskiy-sacks-all-military-recruitment-heads-over-frontline-bribes-scandal-ukraine

Just the way Ukrainians like to do business surely, lol. Seems not all Ukrainian men are keen to be at the front.

[Chelseaboy]

Canada plans to train Ukrainian judges and auditors to strengthen it's anti-corruption potential.


"This is a very important reform and Ukraine knows that this is one of the stipulations for EU accession ". Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc.