The Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor's Office has reported suspicion against a current deputy of the Uzhhorod City Council of the 8th convocation for submitting knowingly false information in a declaration and for the legalization of property obtained through criminal means. He was elected in 2020 to the Uzhhorod City Council from the currently banned party OPZZH in Ukraine.

It has been established that the amount of false declaration is 13.8 million UAH, while the amount of legalized illegally obtained assets is 11.5 million UAH.

According to the investigation and the results of a full verification of the declaration for 2022 conducted by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, it was found that the deputy intentionally did not reflect information about a number of assets and financial obligations in the declaration.

In particular, the declaration does not include information about real estate used by his family members, including a private residential house in Uzhhorod with an area of about 360 sq. m, as well as real estate in Kyiv.

Moreover, over 315 thousand US dollars in cash were not declared, which the suspect transferred to a third party, formalizing it as a loan. The investigation established that he was attempting to legalize funds of unverified origin in this way.

The declaration also lacks information about over 1.3 million UAH in funds in private bank accounts, nearly 800 thousand UAH in debt obligations, and about 70 thousand UAH in received salary.
The actions of the deputy have been qualified under part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional submission by a declarant of knowingly false information in a declaration) and part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means).

During sanctioned searches, two watches from well-known global brands, nine paintings by famous artists, a "Mercedes-Benz S-class" and a "Mercedes-Benz GLE" from 2021, mobile phones, documents regarding the rental of premises, and cash were seized.

A preventive measure has been initiated in the form of detention with an alternative of a 20 million UAH bail and the arrest of the deputy's property for the purpose of further confiscation.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Transcarpathian region under the procedural guidance of the Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor's Office. Operational support is provided by the Criminal Investigation Department in the Transcarpathian region.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.