Relative of former head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC — ex-Ministry of Justice official — to be tried for attempting to conceal nearly 20 million UAH in an Austrian account

DBR officers have completed the pretrial investigation into a former official of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine — a relative of the former head of the Khmelnytskyi Interregional Prosecutor's Office, who did not declare 540 thousand US dollars in an account at an Austrian bank. Reports DBR.

The indictment has been sent to court.

At the time of the offense, the woman headed one of the departments of the Central-Western Interregional Administration of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi.

In the annual declaration for the 2022 year, the official did not indicate an account in one of the Austrian banks and the funds stored on it. It refers to 540 thousand US dollars, which at that time amounted to over 19,5 million hryvnias.

Currently, the woman has been dismissed from her position; she no longer works in the justice system.

In June 2026, in coordination with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecution (SAP), DBR investigators informed the former official of the suspicion. She does not admit guilt.

The origin of these funds, as well as other possible schemes by members of this business family, are being investigated within separate criminal proceedings.

The former official is accused of knowingly providing knowingly false information by the declarant, which differs from true information by more than 2500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons (Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The penalty under the article provides up to 2 years of imprisonment with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 3 years.

Procedural leadership is exercised by the Khmelnytskyi regional prosecutor's office.