The detention of Tetyana Krupa , a deputy from the Servant of the People party and the chief physician of the Khmelnytskyi Medical and Social Examination (MSEK), as well as her son, the head of the Pension Fund of the Khmelnytskyi region, Oleksandr Krupa, caused a wide resonance in Ukraine. During the searches, law enforcement officers found more than $10 million in cash on their person, which was stored not only in Ukraine, but also abroad - in Austria, Poland, Turkey and Spain. In addition, the Krupa family owns thirty houses in Ukraine and Europe.
The main question was: why could Tetyana Krupa continuously hold the position of chief physician of the MSEK for 16 years? The answer was found in the system that supported corruption schemes. As it turned out, almost all prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, including the regional prosecutor Oleksiy Oliynyk, received the status of disabled people of the 2nd group according to the decision of Tetyana Krupa. Thus, they not only received disability pensions, but also received career benefits: they were transferred more easily, and also had greater protection against dismissal.
It is worth noting that only one prosecutor, Oleksandr Honchar, did not register his disability. This indicates a systematic approach, because according to the declarations, the total amount of pensions paid to 50 prosecutors is at least 54.1 million hryvnias.
According to information, the spouses of regional prosecutor Oliynyk received 2.5 million hryvnias in pension payments. Oliynyk first applied for a pension in 2017, receiving 34,397 hryvnias, and in 2023 he and his wife already received 251,260 hryvnias each. This fact indicates that the higher the position, the more “growing” the disability and payments.
The scheme was exposed after searches, during which 104 thousand dollars were found in Krupa's possession. Bribes for obtaining disability certificates ranged from 3 to 4 thousand dollars per person, with women bringing the largest number of bribes. This allowed their husbands to arrange care for a disabled person, which automatically excluded them from being eligible for mobilization. Thus, the statistics of draft evaders remained opaque.
It is interesting why the corruption schemes were uncovered not by the local prosecutor's office but by the State Bureau of Investigation. The answer probably lies in the close intertwining of interests between local officials, who acted as one criminal organization, covering for each other and protecting their income from bribes.
The above facts indicate systemic corruption in the Khmelnytskyi region, where law enforcement agencies were aware of a large-scale scheme to register disability. It is obvious that all decisions of the MSEC regarding the issuance of disability certificates should be reviewed, and prosecutors who received the status of disabled people without real grounds should be dismissed and held accountable.
In addition, the massive registration of disabilities among law enforcement officers and their family members indicates the need for urgent reform of the system to avoid similar abuses in the future.
