The State Bureau of Investigation has initiated criminal proceedings against former Acting Head of the State Tax Service, Tetyana Kiriyenko. She is suspected of failing to comply with a court decision, which could lead to serious legal consequences, including up to 8 years in prison and a ban on holding certain positions.
Earlier, it became known from our own sources that criminal proceedings against Tetyana Kiriyenko were opened on August 29, 2024 under Part 3 of Article 382 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional failure to comply with a court decision by an official, which caused significant harm to the rights and freedoms of citizens protected by law, state or public interests, or interests of legal entities).
The liability provided for such a violation is imprisonment for a term of 3 to 8 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years.
The point is that Tetyana Kiriyenko, while serving as Acting Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, contrary to the court's decision, did not reinstate the Acting Head of the State Tax Service Main Directorate in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, who was dismissed at the beginning of 2024.
It is worth noting that after the change of leadership of the State Tax Service of Ukraine at the end of 2024, Tetyana Kiriyenko was dismissed from the tax service. According to media reports, she was fully under the control of Danylo Hetmantsev, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy.
The State Bureau of Investigation is also investigating another criminal case against the former Acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, Yevheniy Sokur, for official misconduct. This case was opened by the State Bureau of Investigation on November 4, 2022 under Part 3 of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, on the fact of abuse of official authority by Sokur, who on October 26, 2022 signed an order to cancel the license of PJSC “Ukrtatnafta” for the production of fuel.
Such actions of the official, according to the investigation, caused serious consequences for the company, as well as for the state, in the form of the impossibility of fulfilling the mobilization tasks of the Ministry of Defense for the production and supply of petroleum products for the needs of defense and defense capability of the state. The State Bureau of Investigation reported that this criminal case is still under investigation.
