Prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, together with employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, have notified a former deputy head of one of the departments of the Khmelnytskyi regional prosecutor's office of suspicion for failing to declare assets totaling nearly 2 million hryvnias.

This was revealed during the pre-trial investigation. Initially, a check was conducted regarding the concealment of a debt owed by the former official to one of the entrepreneurs in the amount of 1.4 million hryvnias.

The investigation established that before starting his service in the prosecutor's office, the man had already held a managerial position in one of the law enforcement agencies of the Volnovakha district in Donetsk region. For three years, he systematically borrowed cash from the entrepreneur, each time signing the corresponding receipts. The amounts ranged from 2 to 20 thousand dollars, and the reasons for the requests were most often cited as needs for investments in real estate or the purchase of a car.

In total, the debt amount grew to 52 thousand dollars.

At the same time, the official had no intention of repaying the funds. He constantly invented new reasons to postpone payments, using his status in law enforcement agencies, and later - in the prosecutor's office.

During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that for five years, the official deliberately did not reflect financial obligations in his annual declarations, although he was required to indicate this information in the "Financial Obligations" section. According to the investigation, this could have been done to avoid responsibility and further ignore debt obligations.

In addition, as a result of a complete verification of the declaration conducted by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, a fact of non-declaration of assets totaling nearly 2 million hryvnias was established.

The official resigned from the prosecutor's office in March 2025.

He has been notified of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 190 (as amended by the Law of November 22, 2018) and Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - fraud in especially large amounts and intentional submission of false information in the declaration by the declarant.

The sanctions of the articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 5 to 12 years with confiscation of property.