In the Lviv region, a former official and her entrepreneur husband will be prosecuted for embezzling over two million hryvnias of budget funds.
It was established that the official of the Social Protection Department of one of the district state administrations in the region organized a criminal scheme for the systematic embezzlement of budget funds. These funds were intended to reimburse parents’ expenses under the ‘Municipal Nanny’ program. She involved her entrepreneur husband in this criminal activity.
The perpetrator facilitated the preparation of a package of documents and agreements with the entrepreneur regarding the purported provision of childcare services that were, in fact, never provided. Based on the submitted fictitious documents, decisions were made to award compensations to the applicants. After the reimbursed funds were credited to the parents’ accounts, they ‘shared’ a portion with one of the spouses.
Thus, from June 2020 to May 2025, the state suffered damages amounting to over two million hryvnias. A portion of these funds – almost 630 thousand hryvnias – has already been reimbursed by individual parents who had illegally received compensations under the program.
The perpetrators were uncovered by investigators of the Police Department No. 2 of the Stryi District Police Department, together with operatives from the Stryi District Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Lviv Region. The pre-trial investigation is completed. Indictments have been sent for court consideration.
The participants are charged with criminal offenses under Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Part 3 of Article 358 (Forgery of documents, seals, stamps, and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In addition, the official is charged with a criminal offense under Part 2 of Article 364 (Abuse of power or official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and her entrepreneur husband – with a criminal offense under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 364 (Assistance in abuse of power or official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The maximum penalty provided by the sanctions of the articles is imprisonment for up to twelve years with confiscation of property. The procedural guidance is provided by the Stryi District Prosecutor’s Office.