A former official of the Lviv Trade and Commerce Chamber will stand trial over property transferred to his mother-in-law

The State Bureau of Investigations has filed an indictment with the court against the former deputy head of the Lviv Regional Tax and Customs Office and Specialized Unit for providing false information in his financial disclosure statements. 

The investigation established that between 2023 and 2024, the official failed to declare assets with a total value of nearly 8 million hryvnias, which he had actually purchased with his own funds. The defendant faces up to two years of restricted liberty with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions in accordance with Parts 1 and 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The list of undeclared assets included a 139-square-meter residential house and a land plot in the Lviv region, which the official registered in his mother-in-law’s name. Additionally, the declaration omitted Mercedes and Nissan vehicles registered to the defendant’s father and sister, which were actually used by him and his wife. A comprehensive lifestyle check conducted by the NACP at the initiative of the State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the official’s declared income did not match the value of the acquired property. The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Defense Sector of the Western Region is overseeing the proceedings in the case.

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