The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NACP) has exposed Svitlana Pashchenko, a paramedic of the 18th regional military medical commission of the Southern region, in hiding a significant part of her assets. According to the results of the audit of her declaration for 2023, it was found that the official did not include assets totaling 2.16 million hryvnias in the reporting.
Pashchenko declared herself as an employee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, but hid her real position - a paramedic of the military medical commission, to which she was appointed by order of 2019. Experts suggest that this could have been done intentionally so as not to draw attention to the discrepancy between her official income and wealth.
In addition, the official did not include her husband Vasyl Pashchenko, with whom she has been married since 1989, in her declaration. She explained this by the fact that she allegedly has not maintained contact with him since 2008, but the NACP investigation refuted this version. In particular, the couple's joint trips abroad in 2022-2024 were revealed, as well as the fact of her notarial consent to her husband's purchase of real estate.
The list of undeclared property includes:
- Apartment in Kyiv (33.2 sq m), purchased in 2017 for 385 thousand UAH.
- A residential building (43.1 sq m) was designed with her consent.
- The husband's corporate rights in the Ukrainian company “Ukrainian Engineering Center” (15.2 thousand UAH) and the Bulgarian “Consalt Engineering Ltd” (50 leva).
- The husband's undeclared income is UAH 126,000 from wages and contracts.
In addition, Pashchenko did not indicate the apartment in Odessa (66.9 sq. m.), where she actually lives and is registered. Formally, its owner is her daughter Valeria, but according to the law, the official was obliged to declare the right of use. The estimated cost of this housing is 1.57 million UAH.
Another suspicious point was the understatement of the value of the Nissan Rogue (2016) purchased in 2021. The declaration states that the value of the car is “unknown,” although its market price is at least UAH 164.9 thousand. According to the NACP, this was done intentionally to hide the real amount of the transaction.
Violations fall under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Declaring false information”) and may result in criminal liability of the paramedic. The materials have been transferred to law enforcement agencies for further consideration.
