A former official from the Prosecutor General's Office will stand trial for tax fraud involving 641 million hryvnias

Law enforcement authorities have concluded a pre-trial investigation into Kostyantyn Kulyk, the former deputy head of a department at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, who is suspected of facilitating tax fraud. 

According to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office on March 24, 2026, the former prosecutor’s actions resulted in the budget losing over 641 million hryvnias in taxes and fines. The investigation established that the suspect helped the leadership of the State Fiscal Service make a decision in favor of a private company, bypassing legal procedures for collecting funds.

The scheme involved the removal of audit materials on the final day of the company’s complaint review, which prevented the timely signing of the tax collection decision due to the absence of documents. As a result of these actions, the business’s complaint was automatically upheld, blocking the flow of multimillion-dollar sums into the state treasury. The former high-ranking official’s actions have been classified as aiding and abetting abuse of official position, as provided for in the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Currently, the materials of the criminal proceedings have been made available to the defense for review, after which the case will be referred to court for consideration on the merits.

Earlier in Kyiv, two men were exposed for defrauding an American volunteer from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of over 3.2 million hryvnias by promising to create "laser weapons" to destroy drones and missiles.

As a reminder, a member of parliament warned Ukrainians about scammers who are processing payments of 6,500 hryvnias.