Judge Tetyana Denysiuk received 4,47 million hryvnias from her father, the former head of the tax office: he was detained in an embezzlement case

Judge Tetyana Denysiuk received 4,47 million hryvnias from her father, the former head of the tax office: he was detained in an embezzlement case

Judge of the Commercial Court of the Kharkiv region Tetyana Denysiuk received 4 467 000 UAH from her father Stanislav Denysiuk, the former head of the regional tax office, who was detained in a case about embezzlement during Yanukovych’s time. The money was gifted on 21 August 2026; a week later the judge notified NACP. In 2017, her father was accused of participating in tax schemes causing losses of 308 million UAH. The court set bail at 100,32 million UAH.

This was reported by Vikryvach.

Stanislav Denysiuk headed the tax administration of Kharkiv region for about five years. In May 2017 he was detained during a large-scale operation against former tax officials from the circle of ex-minister Oleksandr Klymenko. Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko accused Denysiuk of participating in Yanukovych’s criminal organization, through which, according to the investigation’s version, the budget lost 308 million UAH for July–December 2011. During searches, foreign currency, gold, silver were seized, and cars and real estate were arrested. Investigators valued the family’s assets at nearly 120 million UAH against cumulative official incomes since 1998 of about 41,5 million UAH. Nine real estate properties and six cars were seized for 48 million UAH. Denysiuk was released, became a lawyer, and later defended his own daughter. There is no conviction in this episode.

The judge’s family has a Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 D 2024 year valued at 5 541 606 UAH and real estate registered to relatives. The car belongs to Iryna Denysiuk; Tetyana has been driving it under a power of attorney since November 2024. An apartment of 72,4 sq. m is also registered to Iryna; an apartment of 114,7 sq. m in Kyiv is registered to Stanislav Denysiuk. The judge uses both under power of attorney. In total, the declaration for 2025 lists 17 real estate objects and property rights. Her annual salary is about 1,3 million UAH, alimony 441 thousand UAH, cash $8 thousand and 100 thousand UAH, and around 45 thousand UAH in accounts. One gift from her father is nearly 3,5 times the judge’s annual salary.

Denysiuk herself ended up in a criminal case concerning gas assets of fugitive former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko. In December 2016 she issued a ruling in favor of LLC “Karpatnadrainvest,” obliging state-owned Ukrgazvydobuvannya to transfer 10,9 million cubic meters of gas and 826 tons of condensate worth about 43 million UAH to the company. The assets were already under arrest. The judge reduced penalties, postponed collection of a debt over 3 million UAH, and the company did not pay the court fee. The decision was later overturned.

The director of Karpatnadrainvest, Andriy Syrotov, was acquainted with Stanislav Denysiuk. NABU checked phone contacts of Syrotov, the judge’s father, and Tetyana herself during the case. The investigation estimated the state’s losses from Onyshchenko’s gas group activities at more than 740 million UAH.

Denysiuk was accused under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — abuse of official position. However, the High Anti-Corruption Court acquitted her twice — in 2021 and in November 2024. On 30 January 2026 the appeal left the acquittal in force; on 22 September the Supreme Court rejected SAP’s cassation. The court found no elements of the crime.

In September 2017 the defense of Stanislav Denysiuk stated that more than $1 million had been demanded to close his criminal case. Now the former head of the tax office, whose family assets were once valued by investigators at 120 million UAH, has gifted his judge daughter another 4,467 million UAH. The origin of this sum is not disclosed in the declaration, and NACP has not published any public results of its check of the donor’s financial means.