NACP did not confirm the origin of over UAH 26 million in the declaration of an official of the State Environmental Inspectorate: he stated that he found $653,000 in his grandmother’s garage

The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) during a full audit of the declaration for 2024 found signs of unreliable declaration by the head of the sector for coordination and control of territorial bodies of the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, Oleksandr Subbotin.

This is stated in the NACP conclusions based on the results of a full audit of the declaration.

What the NACP established

In the declaration, the official indicated cash in the amount of 623 thousand US dollars, which as of the end of 2024 is equivalent to 26.19 million UAH.

During the audit, Subbotin explained that these funds came from his grandmother’s savings. According to him, after inheriting a garage in 2021, he allegedly found 653 thousand US dollars there, which belonged to a relative.

However, the NACP concluded that such explanations are not supported by any proper evidence.

Why the agency did not believe this version

According to the NACP, the official’s grandparents’ official income does not indicate the possibility of accumulating such a significant amount.

The agency also noted that:

no documents were provided confirming the origin of the funds;

there is no evidence that the money was actually found in the garage;

there is no evidence of the relatives’ entrepreneurial or other activities that could provide such savings.

In addition, the NACP recalled that until 1991 in the USSR, the circulation of foreign currency among citizens was actually prohibited, and illegal currency transactions entailed criminal liability.

In this regard, the agency considers it unlikely that hundreds of thousands of US dollars could have been legally accumulated in the 1940s–1980s.

What else did the inspection reveal?

The NACP also noted that the grandmother’s will, drawn up in 1992, did not contain any mention of significant funds or foreign currency savings.

At the same time, in a lawsuit to the Ivano-Frankivsk District Administrative Court, the official stated that he had original documents confirming the grandmother’s funds. However, he did not provide them to the agency.

According to Subbotin, before the start of the full-scale war, the documents were transferred to an acquaintance who is currently in the USA, and some of the papers could have remained in a destroyed house in Kharkiv or been lost during evacuation.

The NACP noted that these explanations were also not confirmed.

The case is being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation

Based on the inspection results, the agency concluded that there were signs of false declarations. The pre-trial investigation into the case is being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation.

At the same time, the NACP emphasizes that establishing signs of a possible offense does not mean automatically finding the official guilty. The final decision on the presence of a crime will be made based on the results of the pre-trial investigation and consideration of the case by the court.