Serhii Shum: NACP found false data in the declaration of the director of the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention detected signs of declaring false information in the declaration for 2025 year of the general director of the State Enterprise «Institute of Forensic Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine» Serhiy Shum. Following the check, NAPC established violations related to financial obligations and the origin of funds totaling about 2,5 million UAH.

As media report, one of the violations concerns Shum’s repayment of a loan to an individual, O.V. Yaroshenkov. In the declaration, the official stated that during the reporting year he paid 70,47 thousand dollars. According to his explanations, on 4 November 2025 year he handed cash of 41,62 thousand dollars as the remaining loan from 2023 year, as well as 1,3 million UAH of interest-free repayable assistance received from I.L. Konyok under a contract dated 17 October 2025 year. To confirm the operation, Shum provided a promissory note of the lender’s representative. At the same time, data from the State Register of Real Property Rights do not align with the stated repayment date. The mortgage on Shum’s Kyiv apartment, registered 7 September 2023 year, was terminated 27 January 2025 year. Yaroshenk’s representative confirmed full fulfillment of Shum’s obligations and receipt of funds. Thus, according to NAPC, the loan was repaid no later than 27 January 2025 year, and not 4 November. Meanwhile, the agency did not establish legal income or assets sufficient to explain part of the payment amounting to 28,85 thousand dollars. At the NBU exchange rate on the relevant date, this amounted to about 1,2 million UAH.

Another part of the check concerned Shum’s financial obligation to I.L. Konyok. In the declaration for 2025 year, he indicated an outstanding debt of 1,3 million UAH. The official explained that he received these funds in cash of 17 October 2025 year — on the day the agreement on interest-free repayable financial assistance was signed. However, information from the border system “Arkan,” used by NAPC during the check, showed that 17 October Konyok was outside Ukraine. According to the agency, she returned to Ukraine only on 21 October. Konyok herself confirmed the fact of transferring funds, but did not provide documents confirming the operation and could not name the place and method of cash transfer. NAPC linked this circumstance to an explanation of the source of funds that, according to the materials of the check, were used by Shum earlier — to repay obligations to Yaroshenkov. Thus, the agency questioned the possibility of using the loan from Konyok as a source of funds for the payment that, according to the register, was made before the corresponding contract was concluded. As a result of the full check, NAPC established signs of a violation provided by part 1 of article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which concerns declaring false information. The final legal assessment of these circumstances must be provided by authorized bodies within the procedures provided by law.