“The National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti -Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced the completion of the investigation into the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Smirnov. He is suspected of several serious crimes – “illegal enrichment”, “legalization of illegally acquired funds” and “receiving an undue benefit in a particularly large amount.””, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti -Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced the completion of the investigation into the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Smirnov.
He is suspected of several serious crimes – “illegal enrichment”, “legalization of illegally acquired funds” and “receiving an undue benefit in a particularly large amount.”
In the period from 2020 to 2022, Smirnov, according to the investigation, gained assets worth more than UAH 17 million, with official income and savings of only just over UAH 1.3 million.
Among the acquired property include two Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen cars, two Honda and BMW motorcycles, three parking spaces in Kiev, an apartment in Lviv and a land in Transcarpathia. To hide the origin of this property, a significant part of it was issued by his brother, leaving full control over the assets.
One of the motorcycles was initially registered for a friend and subsequently reprimanded.
Another episode of the case was the legalization of illegally received funds. In 2019-2021, Smirnov, as detectives were installed, used cash for the construction of private homes with a total area of more than 300 square meters in the recreational zone of Odesa region.
For the masking of property, he first issued the real estate for the company, and after notification of suspicion in May 2024 – reprinted it for a trustee. The cost of construction is estimated at almost UAH 6.5 million.
Separately, the investigation recorded the fact of receiving a bribe in 2022. The owner of the construction company offered Smirnova a “reward” in the form of works and services worth 100 thousand US dollars for the construction of one of the houses on the coast.
For this, the official had to influence the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine: to cancel the results of the tender, where the competitor won, and in the new one – to ensure the victory of the company of a briberyman.
Smirnov, according to NABU, agreed, used the official position and fulfilled the agreement. The AMCU subsequently made a “necessary” decision.
The actions of the expirer of the Presidential Office were qualified under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 1 of Art. 368-5 (illegal enrichment), Part 1 and Part 2 of Art. 209 (legalization of funds), Part 4 of Art. 368 (obtaining undue benefit).
The owner of the construction company is charged with Part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (bribery).
We will remind, the Supreme Anti -Corruption Court decided to take into custody of the former deputy head of the Presidential Office Andriy Smirnov.
We have already reported that the commission of three international anti -corruption experts (Martin Arpo, Robert A. Westbrooks, Hermione Kroneier), appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers on the basis of proposals of international organizations, has conducted an independent audit of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau for the first time since 2015. External independent assessment is provided by law.
