According to the SBI, the assets include an apartment in Kyiv, 53 land plots in Ukraine, a car, a warehouse, and a company in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
The amount of illegally acquired funds exceeds the former official's legitimate income by more than 6,500 tax-free minimum incomes, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
The suspect has been detained for illegal enrichment under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and is faces up to eight years in prison. Law enforcement officials are conducting searches at his residence.
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On March 4, the SBI uncovered an organized criminal group consisting of forestry and hunting officials involved in illegal logging worth more than UAH 64 million ($1.7 million) in Ukraine's western Lviv Oblast.
On Feb. 28, the SBI reported exposing a criminal scheme in one of the Kyiv Territorial Defense brigades, where military clothing was stolen and resold. The offenders were caught red-handed.
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Section: Life
Author: Андрій Журба
