Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office reported suspicion to a deputy of the Poltava City Council for submitting knowingly false information in declarations, which falls under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, during 2022–2024, the deputy did not declare virtual assets and transactions with them worth over 200 million hryvnias owned by him and his close relatives. In 2025, he submitted revised declarations, but these data also turned out to be partially unreliable.
The investigation was conducted jointly with the Main Investigation Department of the National Police and the SBU Department in Poltava region. The revelation was the result of a comprehensive check of the declarations of the deputy and his relatives, which allowed to establish hidden assets and unreliable information.
A pre-trial investigation is currently underway, based on the results of which a decision will be made to hold the deputy accountable. The sanction of the article provides for punishment for submitting knowingly false information in the declaration of a local government official.
