In September 2022, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine started 53 investigations. Suspicion notices were served to 29 persons. Five indictments against eight persons were sent to court.
On Oct. 14, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified an incumbent MP of suspicion of concealing assets in her e-declaration worth more than UAH 4.4 million. Such actions fall under Part 1Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On Oct. 12, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified the former director of Ukrburshtyn state enterprise and two his accomplices of suspicion of corruption and forgery.
NABU and SAPO have established new facts of the embezzlement of funds at Ukrekoresursy SE.
On Oct. 11, 2022, NABU and SAPO sent the case to court, accusing an incumbent deputy of the Kyiv City Council and his accomplices of receiving UAH 1.39 million in undue advantage.
Ukraine's accession to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention is an important step on the way to joining the highest global anti-corruption standards. This was noted by Gizo Uglava, the acting Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, during the meeting of a working group at the OECD Infrastructure Forum, Paris, October 10-11.
On Oct. 7, 2022, NABU and SAPO issued an indictment against a member of the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), accused of taking USD 90,000 in undue advantage. His actions fall under Part 4 Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The official was exposed red-handed in August 2021 in a special operation involving undercover detectives.
NABU and SAPO have exposed an organized group led by the former chair of the board of Ukrgasbank PJSC, which illegally withdrew UAH 206 million from the financial institution during 2014-2019. On Oct. 6, 2022, five group participants were notified of suspicion of embezzlement and forgery.
NABU and SAPO have completed the investigation into the top management of PrivatBank suspected of embezzling over UAH 8.4 billion. On Oct. 6, 2022, the case file was disclosed to the defense for perusal.
NABU and SAPO have established new participants in the corruption scheme for illegal trade in seized property transferred under the management of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA).
The former director of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Orest Furdychko, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Three Ukrainian marines returned to Ukraine-controlled terrain after spending more than half a year in an occupied city. The rescue operation was carried out by NABU and the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).
