An official from the Podilsk District State Administration will stand trial for failing to pay 425,000 hryvnias to orphaned children
Investigators from the Podil Police Department have notified the head of one of the departments of the Podil District State Administration that he is under suspicion of official negligence.
This was reported by the Kyiv Police.
The official failed to ensure the calculation and payment of state-guaranteed one-time financial assistance to graduates of educational institutions.
As a result of the official’s actions, orphaned children and children deprived of parental care were shortchanged by hundreds of thousands of hryvnias.
Law enforcement officers, under the procedural guidance of the Podil District Prosecutor’s Office, established that the official’s violations were systematic in nature.
Between 2023 and 2025, the official failed to ensure compliance with the procedures required by law for the calculation and payment of funds to 23 graduates of educational institutions in the Podilskyi district of the capital.
As a result, socially vulnerable young people were left without the financial support they were legally entitled to.
It is worth noting that this is not the first such incident involving this official.
Previously, law enforcement officials had already notified the head of one of the departments of the Podilskyi District State Administration of their suspicion regarding the non-payment of state-guaranteed one-time assistance to orphans and children deprived of parental care.
At the preliminary stage of the investigation, the amount of losses was significantly lower. At that time, the amount of unpaid funds totaled over 188,000 hryvnias.
New findings from the investigation have substantially increased the total scale of losses incurred by the state and citizens. As a result, the children did not receive financial assistance totaling over 425,000 hryvnias.
Currently, law enforcement officials have gathered sufficient evidence to announce updated charges under a more severe classification of criminal law.
In Sumy Oblast, a scheme involving illegal “combat” payments totaling ₴2.6 million was uncovered at a military unit
An indictment had previously been filed against a lieutenant colonel—the former commander of a logistics battalion at one of the military units.
