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NACP found illegal enrichment of more than 24 million hryvnias by a Zakarpattia MIA service center official Shymon
Administrator of MIA Service Center No. 2143 in Zakarpattia, Denys Shymon, was exposed for illegal enrichment in the amount of 24,8 million hryvnias.
His wife registered a spa-hotel, and the family withdrew foreign currency abroad more than a thousand times.
Shymon has worked in the internal affairs bodies since 2005, and in the police since 2015. On 2 March 2021 he became deputy head of the police department for preventive activities of the Rakhiv district police department (captain). He resigned immediately after the full-scale invasion began. Since 20 July 2022 he has been at the MIA service center in Zakarpattia.
According to the tax authority, his official income from 1998 to 2021 was 1,3 million hryvnias, while his wife’s was only 130,5 thousand hryvnias. In the declaration for 2021 he already declared 900 thousand hryvnias in cash, the wife 775 thousand. NACP notes that such sums could not have been accumulated solely from salaries and car sales.
Spa complex near the village of Danylovo
On 20 February 2020, Shymon’s father Vasyl Vasyliovych voluntarily transferred to the state a plot of land of 1 879 sq. m in the village of Danylovo (Bailovo tract). That same year the daughter‑in‑law Anna registered the land in her name. On 28 July 2020 she registered as a sole proprietor (activities: bread, rental, hotels, cars, furniture). The next day the father‑in‑law founded in the Czech Republic the company Damarito s.r.o. with authorized capital of 1 000 koruna (real estate management and construction).
On 20 July 2022 the wife filed a notice of the start of construction of a spa complex “with her own forces” with an estimate of 7,69 million hryvnias. In October 2023 she declared completion of the works, and in July 2024 she registered ownership: a spa-hotel of 617,5 sq. m and a bathhouse of 28,4 sq. m. In the husband’s declaration the hotel was valued at 6,7 million hryvnias, the bathhouse at 311 thousand hryvnias.
The wife claimed that the funds were provided by her parents. NACP checked their incomes and did not recognize this as the source of funds for the entire property.
“Card tourism” that doesn’t add up
Over 2022–2024 years the family processed 22,3 million hryvnias through accounts from unidentified sources. They withdrew 13,08 million hryvnias abroad. Shymon explained the difference of 9,22 million hryvnias as exchange rate difference.
NACP took into account NBU limits (12,5 thousand hryvnias per week). To move 13 million hryvnias, the wife and relatives would have had to make at least 1 046 transactions — banks confirmed this. The market margin for “card tourism” at the time was 5–10%. Even at 10% turnover the maximum “dirty” profit was 1,31 million hryvnias. To obtain 9,22 million hryvnias profit from withdrawn 13 million, profitability would have to reach 70,5%, which, according to the agency’s conclusion, is impossible.
NACP qualified this as smurfing — splitting large amounts to avoid the financial monitoring threshold. The ultimate beneficiary was recognized as Shymon himself: he accounts for the largest number of accounts, and the lion’s share of cash flowed into his accounts. Since 2020 the whole family (the wife, her parents, and his parents) acted with a single purpose — building the spa and moving funds abroad.
What they could not explain
NACP evaluated the assets acquired over 2022–2024 as follows: 22,3 million hryvnias in cash circulation and a spa complex with an estimate of 7,69 million hryvnias. In total — almost 30 million hryvnias. The lawful incomes of the family and the wife’s parents from 1998 to 2024 amounted to 5,18 million hryvnias. The difference — 24,81 million hryvnias.
The agency did not establish where exactly the cash taken abroad is located. Of the 9,22 million hryvnias remaining in Ukraine, 1,71 million were withdrawn from accounts, and 7,51 million were written off as “living expenses.” No link was found between these 7,51 million hryvnias and the construction of the spa. NACP did not record signs of unjustified assets for the purposes of civil confiscation.
The agency recorded signs of illegal enrichment in a separate conclusion. Whether the materials were transferred to NABU or the SBI is not indicated in the brief. Shymon explained the origin of the funds as exchange rate differences and help from relatives, but NACP rejected these explanations.
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