Taras Fesenko, the chief specialist of the anti-corruption department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, found himself at the center of a scandal after checking his declaration for 2022. The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) found numerous violations and unreliable data in his report totaling more than 3 million hryvnias.
Several points of the declaration raised doubts. In particular, Fesenko indicated that he did not have a unique entry number in the demographic register, although he did have one. The same applies to the passport for traveling abroad - the declaration states "data missing", although in fact the document is issued in the name of Fesenko Taras.
False information is also found in the data on family members. The official's wife appears as Protsenko, although after marriage she changed her surname to Fesenko. Her UNZR and passport for traveling abroad were also not indicated, as well as similar data about her daughter. The NACP emphasizes: without this data, the identification of the family abroad becomes difficult, which is a serious violation.
Real estate is of particular interest. Fesenko “forgot” to declare an apartment in Kyiv, which his wife owns in equal shares with relatives. At the same time, the wife herself indicated this apartment in her declaration. The market value of the housing at the end of 2022 is UAH 2.27 million.
In addition, another apartment owned by Fesenko himself is not listed as his family's place of residence. The NACP assessed all of these "errors" as submission of inaccurate information.
In the financial section, Fesenko did not declare 786 thousand hryvnias of his wife's income, which she received from the National Police in 2022. This data is in the tax register and in her previous declaration. Why he ignored this information is unknown.
Another suspicious detail is the purchase of a Toyota RAV4 (2017) in June 2022. The price indicated in the declaration does not correspond to the market price. AUTO.RIA estimated a similar model at $17.9 thousand, and experts estimated it at over 660 thousand hryvnias. The family's income for the first half of 2022 simply did not allow for such a purchase - there were significantly fewer savings.
Fesenko had the opportunity to provide explanations or supporting documents, but did not exercise this right, despite a request from the NACP back in April 2024.
The total amount of inaccurate data is over 3 million hryvnias. This is enough to incriminate a criminal offense under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - submission of knowingly inaccurate information in the declaration.
The reaction of law enforcement agencies is currently awaited.
