Filonov, a member of the Odessa Regional Council, has been notified of charges related to millions in hidden debts
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have notified Yevhen Filonov, a member of the Odesa Regional Council, that he is suspected of providing false information in his financial disclosures.
This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
According to the investigation, the deputy received several loans totaling over 58 million hryvnias but failed to disclose these financial obligations in his annual declarations.
If found guilty, he faces charges for declaring false information.
As noted by the Anti-Corruption Center, Yevhen Filonov was elected to the Odesa Regional Council from the banned pro-Russian party OPZZh.
Earlier, journalists from “Slidstvo.Info” reported that in 2015, Filonov married the daughter of Alexander Rosenberg, who is referred to as the “prime minister” of the unrecognized Transnistria.
Investigative proceedings are currently underway, and all circumstances of the case are being established.
The UA.NEWS editorial team submitted an official request to the Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDAC). Journalists are trying to determine why the materials of the high-profile case involving former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi have not yet been transferred to the appellate court, which may indicate attempts to delay the proceedings.
In addition to investigations by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK), Verbytsky is a defendant in criminal proceedings by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) regarding illicit enrichment, as well as a case involving the obstruction of journalists’ professional activities.
It was recently reported that former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, who resigned amid scandal following investigations into illegal enrichment, has officially launched his political career. The Odesa regional branch of the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna,” in response to a request from UA.News, confirmed that Verbytskyi is already a member of Yulia Tymoshenko’s party.
Additionally, UA.NEWS received a response from the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine to its inquiry to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) regarding the application of enhanced financial monitoring to former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi as a “politically exposed person” (PEP).
The Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal has opened proceedings on a complaint filed by former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, who is attempting to challenge the decision of the court of first instance, which had previously sided with the NACP. Currently, the appeal proceedings have been extended for the time necessary to obtain and review the case materials.
Previously, the Kyiv District Administrative Court confirmed that the NACP acted within the law by establishing signs of illicit enrichment during its monitoring of Verbytsky’s lifestyle. At the same time, the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal’s response emphasizes that only the parties to the proceedings have the right to full access to the case materials. Information on the progress of the case and the dates of upcoming hearings remains publicly available on the official website of the Ukrainian judiciary.
NABU is conducting a pre-trial investigation (No. 52024000000000231) into the assets of the former prosecutor and his associates.
The police are investigating the case under Part 3 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, in which Verbytsky is named as a person who may have acted in collusion with the aim of exerting pressure on the media.
The UA.News editorial team continues to monitor developments in the case involving the former prosecutor and his associates. Unlike Verbytsky’s family archives, the documents in the journalists’ possession remain intact.
The controversial former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, who was dismissed following an investigation into illegally acquired luxury property, was unable to “clear” his assets through the courts. The Kyiv District Administrative Court confirmed that the conclusion by NACP investigators that Verbytsky had 37.5 million “excess” hryvnias is lawful.
Earlier, schemes linked to the scandalously dismissed Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi and his associates were uncovered in Odesa. The schemes involve former Deputy Mayor Dmytro Zheman, the owners of Baltic Auto Shipping Ukraine LLC, State Environmental Inspection official Tetiana Zaitseva, as well as luxury villas, cottages in gated communities, brand-new vehicles, and multi-million-dollar deals. Details are available in the UA.News investigation.
Read the full chronology of scandals related to Dmytro Verbytskyi in the article.
