Anti-corruption investigators are examining the assets of millionaire Viktor Kovalsky, one of the heads of the Ustyluh Customs Office
Ukrainian banking institutions have received a request from anti-corruption investigators to search for bank accounts and transactions made in favor of or on behalf of Viktor Stepanovich Kovalsky, the alleged deputy head—and head of the Customs Clearance Department No. 4—at the “Ustyluh” customs post.
Sources told UA.News that the investigation has begun.
The request asks for information on the existence of accounts, their account numbers, the balances in the accounts, transactions conducted through them, the purpose of payments, the counterparty’s identification details, the counterparty’s account number, and the counterparty’s bank code.
The anti-corruption agency is also interested in the balances of securities and other assets in the accounts of customs officer Kovalsky’s family, data on fund transfers from one account to another, the purpose of payments, the counterparty’s account numbers, and the counterparty’s code as a professional participant in the capital market and organized commodity markets.
Kovalsky’s Declaration
The declaration of the head of Customs Clearance Department No. 4 at the “Ustyluh” customs post lists a significant amount of real estate. Specifically, four land plots, two apartments, and a 250-square-meter residential house.
The family owns two cars, unspecified agricultural equipment, and a trailer.
According to the declaration, the customs officer’s wife, Ruslana Kovalska, is the family’s highest earner.
The family has nearly 2 million hryvnias in bank accounts.
As a reminder, anti-corruption investigators previously audited the assets of Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Justice Lyudmyla Kravchenko, and are currently reviewing the financial transactions of her family members, including Tornike Ugrekhelidze, chief specialist of the Electronic Services Reengineering Division within the Public Services Reengineering Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, who is reportedly married to Anastasia Kravchenko, the daughter of the Deputy Minister of Justice.
Earlier, Ukrainian banking institutions received a request from anti-corruption investigators to search for bank accounts and transactions conducted for the benefit of or on behalf of the First Deputy Head of the State Environmental Inspection in Lviv Oblast — Valery Vitkovsky, First Deputy Chief State Inspector for Environmental Protection of the Lviv Region at the State Environmental Inspection (SEI). This official prefers to accumulate wealth in cryptocurrencies.
Previously, Ukrainian banking institutions received a request from anti-corruption activists to search for bank accounts and transactions conducted for the benefit of or on behalf of Vyacheslav Sochka, as well as members of his family. This likely refers to the deputy head of the Berehove Department of the State Migration Service in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Anti-corruption investigators are examining the assets of the family of Yuriy Shchygol, the former head of the State Special Communications Service.
