The Deputy Director of the Department of Housing and Communal Services of Kharkiv City Council Konstantin Korotich filed a declaration that was far from reality. The National Anti -Corruption Agency (NAPC) has found a discrepancy of UAH 8.38 million, and checking its financial transactions indicates possible frauds.
The official stated that neither he nor his wife Inna nor the children - the son and daughter of Valeria - have no foreign passports. However, the State Register (EDDR) refutes it: they all have documents for traveling abroad. Why did Korotich hide this information? One of the possible reasons is to avoid travel or assets outside Ukraine.
In the car section, the official indicated inaccurate data on the cost and date of purchase of vehicles:
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Mazda CX-7 (2008)-Korotich noted that he purchased a car on November 5, 2008 for 336 thousand UAH, although the real date of purchase, according to the register, November 18, 2008, and the cost is unknown. The official is justified by the fact that there are no documents, so he indicated "market value".
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Opel Vivaro (2008) - declared the car for 15.4 thousand UAH, although in 2020 it was transferred to the claimant Saul OS. for debts. Nevertheless, Korotich continues to declare it, explaining that the debtor did not re -form the car.
Equally interesting is the situation with bank accounts. Korotich did not specify his accounts in PrivatBank, Tascombank and Bank Universal, as well as his wife and son's accounts with Ukrgasbank and PrivatBank. It looks like the systematic silence of financial assets.
Particular attention is paid to the debt of the official to his sister Natalia. In the declaration, Korotich indicated that it was to blame for UAH 7.46 million, and with interest debt increased to UAH 8.21 million. However, as the Supreme Court established in 2023, this agreement is fictitious. It was concluded to avoid paying real creditors. That is, the official knew about the court's decision, but deliberately introduced false data into the declaration.
Another "interesting" loan is UAH 2.89 million from Saul, issued on October 18, 2017. However, by court decision, the amount of this loan was reduced to UAH 2.71 million. Korotich "confused" for UAH 176 thousand, which looks like a deliberate overestimation of financial obligations to adjust the total amount of assets.
According to the results of the investigation of the NACC, the fact of a violation that has signs of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (declaration of false information). This means that the official is threatened with criminal liability.
Given the number of manipulations and the scale of hidden assets, Konstantin Korotich has become another example of an official trying to use declaration loopholes to conceal wealth and shadow financial flows.
