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13 of “missing” millions in crypto: how State Regulatory Service head Oleksii Kucher is trying to hold on to his post despite scandals with the NAPC
Oleksii #Кучер — head of the State Regulatory Service and former chair of the supervisory board of SE “Lisi Ukrainy” (Forests of Ukraine) — is trying by any means to keep his seat. According to off-the-record information, the official is seeking a meeting with the Minister of Economy #Кравченко to extend a contract that is about to expire.
🤷♂️The main obstacle is the unresolved scandal over 77 bitcoins worth about 13 million hryvnias, the origin of which the official has never been able to explain.
Everything began when Kucher officially declared cryptocurrency in his asset declaration, although his family’s total income was many times lower than the value of the purchased assets. #НАЗК recorded this violation and sent an official order to #Кабмін to conduct an internal investigation.
However, this story produced no public consequences, and later the million-hryvnia crypto assets simply vanished from the official’s subsequent declarations without any explanation about their sale or disposal.
📌This cryptocurrency detective story is only part of Kucher’s broader activities, as he is also implicated in cases of centralization and embezzlement of forestry resources together with the former head of SE “Lisi Ukrainy” #Болоховець and the head of the State Forest Resources Agency #Смаль.
Recall that the appeal of #ВАКС annulled the suspicion against the former head of SE “Lisi Ukrainy,” Yurii Bolokhovets, who controlled the country’s forest resources and amassed wealth worth billions of hryvnias. The reason given for annulling the suspicion was a formal one — allegedly illegal searches due to a 20-second gap in the audio recording of the court hearing, which made the phones seized as evidence of illegal enrichment “inadmissible.” ❗️A classic circle of mutual protection, where the first instance leaves the suspicion to simulate a process, and the VAKS appeal wipes everything out.
While NABU, SAP, and VAKS are dropping investigations and annulling suspicions against top officials over procedural pretexts like short audio recordings of searches, Kucher is trying to “quietly” renew his contract and stay in the system.
✅We have already achieved the entry of information into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations No. 42024000000000387 under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for embezzlement of budget funds and schemes involving property by Kucher. Our current focus is to prevent Kucher’s reappointment, to conduct a full audit of his assets, and to bring the official to criminal responsibility.
🎬More details about the SE “Lisi Ukrainy” schemes — in our video.
Materials on the topic:
▫️Crypto millions of the State Service and forest schemes: how the authorities save notorious figures from accountability
▫️#НАБУ and #САП finally dropped the top-corruption case in the forestry sector — against the head of SE “Lisi Ukrainy” #Болоховець
▫️When justice becomes a façade: how VAKS legalized the corrupt vertical in the forestry sector
▫️The VAKS appeal legalized the forest mafia
▫️The forest will be cut just as it always has been
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