Former director of the Dnipropetrovsk Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, Serhiy Rozumny, officially received about 50 thousand hryvnias per month in 2024. However, his family owns two apartments in Kyiv worth over 5 million hryvnias, several real estate properties in different regions of Ukraine, a collection of Swiss Rolex watches worth over 125 thousand euros, a new 2024 Porsche Cayenne, and millions of hryvnias in cash. Such wealth does not correspond to official income and raises suspicions of illicit enrichment.
Rozumny was appointed director of the institute without a competition and effectively turned a state institution that was supposed to record losses from Russian aggression into an instrument of personal enrichment. Under his leadership, forensic examinations were deliberately delayed, obstacles were created for investigations, and priority was given to orders with commercial interest.
Through controlled legal entities and individuals, in particular the NGO "Public Initiative for Smart Decisions", budget funds were withdrawn and laundered through fictitious transactions and conversion into cash. This activity took place with the tacit consent of the leadership of the Ministry of Justice and the NACP, which have not yet responded to signals about the inconsistency of declared income and property.
The lack of proper control calls into question the effectiveness of anti-corruption agencies and their ability to combat bureaucratic impunity, creating risks for the state budget and public trust.
