During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that officials of healthcare institutions, while implementing the budget program "Implementation of the State Guarantees Program for Medical Services to the Population," the main administrator of which is the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, misappropriated budget funds in particularly large amounts.

In particular, healthcare institutions that entered into contracts with the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHСU) to provide medical services under the Medical Guarantees Program in 2024 misappropriated millions of budget funds by submitting false information to the electronic healthcare system.

As part of the pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceedings under part 5, article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, today detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine and employees of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine conducted a series of searches at the workplaces and residences of doctors, during which documents were discovered and seized that served as the basis for the calculation and payment of funds to doctors for 2024 for allegedly provided medical services to patients that were, in fact, not provided.

This concerns millions of budget funds. The involvement of officials from the National Health Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in the commission of these crimes is being investigated.

Investigative actions are also ongoing to verify the involvement of other medical institutions that provided similar services in the mentioned scheme of misappropriation of budget funds.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed 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.