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👤👤👤👤 Fabricated evidence in the interests of an SBU official: state institution experts exposed👥
The NABU and SAP have informed judicial experts of the Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (hereinafter – KNDISE) of suspicion. These experts produced knowingly false conclusions about the value of luxury real estate belonging to the wife of a senior official of the Security Service of Ukraine.
In December 2023 the wife of the senior official purchased an apartment for 21,6 million UAH. Under the contract, however, its value was deliberately understated to 12,8 million UAH.
In April 2024 an attorney acting in the interests of the couple initiated an appraisal and construction forensic examination at KNDISE. By May, the panel of experts issued a conclusion stating that the market value of the apartment was 12,3 million UAH, i.e., lower than the real value by 9,3 million UAH. To achieve this result, the experts deliberately used irrelevant real estate objects for comparison. Later, this document was used by the defense as evidence with the NACP, NABU, and in court.
That same month NABU detectives, while investigating the criminal proceeding concerning the apartment purchase, ordered a commission examination in the case, which on 11 November 2024 was withdrawn with a request to return the materials without execution.
However, the experts ignored the investigators' demand and continued the research. They agreed to limit the value of comparable objects to no more than 2500–2600 USD per sq. m (instead of the market 3000 USD) and deliberately selected the cheapest offers from 1550 USD, while ignoring other available analogs.
At the beginning of December 2024 the experts signed the conclusion but dated it 8 November 2024 (i.e., before the NABU detective’s withdrawal). Notably, detectives received the copy of the conclusion not from KNDISE but from the attorney of the suspected senior official.
It is worth noting that such manipulations of evidence would have been impossible if an expert institution under NABU were functioning. The Bureau’s leadership has for several years emphasized the critical need to create an independent expert institution. This would eliminate corruption risks, prevent external pressure on experts, and significantly increase the effectiveness of pre-trial investigations in high-level corruption cases.
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