The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced the exposure of a current member of parliament for illegal enrichment amounting to nearly 13 million hryvnias.
This is reported by Finway
Scheme for Acquiring Assets and Real Estate
According to law enforcement officials, this concerns a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget Issues and a deputy from the OPZZh faction, Oleksandr Kachnyy. According to the investigation, between 2020 and 2021, the deputy acquired assets that significantly exceeded his official income. In particular, Kachnyy purchased a cottage and a plot of land on the Black Sea coast in the village of Koblevо, as well as an apartment in the center of Kyiv with an area of 132.6 square meters.
“The investigation established that during 2020-2021, the suspect became the owner of assets totaling nearly 13 million UAH, which significantly exceeded the level of his officially declared income. With these funds, the official purchased a cottage and a plot of land on the Black Sea coast (village of Koblevо), as well as bought an apartment in the center of Kyiv with an area of 132.6 sq. m”
It was also revealed that although the property was registered in the name of a friend of the member of parliament, since December 2021, Kachnyy has personally lived in the Kyiv apartment and has been involved in organizing and paying for renovation work in cash. The cost of just the design project and the renovation itself exceeded 5.5 million hryvnias.
Case Details and Additional Circumstances
The member of parliament has been notified of suspicion under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In March 2024, journalists conducted an investigation, discovering that Kachnyy’s 87-year-old mother-in-law gifted 6.5 million hryvnias to her daughter in 2022, but was unable to explain to journalists the source of these funds.
The journalists’ materials also indicate that Kachnyy has repeatedly vacationed with his family on the Costa Brava in Spain and regularly visits this country.
In addition to this case, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau has initiated the extradition of businessman Timur Mindich to Ukraine. He is considered one of the main suspects in the corruption scheme at “Energoatom.”