“The former accountant of the Education Department of the Darnytsk RDA, who is accused of embezzling almost 2 million hryvnias, will be tried in Kyiv. According to the investigation, the woman changed payment documents and transferred budget money to her own accounts for more than two years. She faces up to 12 years in prison. In Kyiv, the case against the former accountant of the Darnytsia District Education Office was brought to court”, — write on: ua.news
The former accountant of the Education Department of the Darnytsk RDA, who is accused of embezzling almost 2 million hryvnias, will be tried in Kyiv. According to the investigation, the woman changed payment documents and transferred budget money to her own accounts for more than two years. She faces up to 12 years in prison.
In Kyiv, the case against the former accountant of the Department of Education of the Darnytsia District State Administration was brought to court. She is accused of fraud on a particularly large scale. The indictment has already been sent to the Darnytskyi District Court of the capital. According to the prosecutor’s office, the woman worked as an accountant and was responsible for calculating salaries, bonuses and other payments to employees of educational institutions in the district. This is what gave her access to financial documents and payment information.
The investigation established that the scheme operated for more than two years — from August 2023 to October 2025. During this period, the accountant changed the details in the payment documents every month. Instead of employees’ accounts, she indicated her own bank accounts. The money was issued as supposedly legal payments – part-time salary, sick leave or bonuses. In fact, such payments were not foreseen and actually did not exist.
In this way, the woman was able to illegally obtain almost 2 million hryvnias from the budget. The prosecutor’s office explained that the accountant used her official position and access to the financial system. “The accused, while forming information on the calculation of wages, bonuses and other payments, changed the payment documents and details of recipients on a monthly basis, replacing them with the details of her own accounts,” the prosecutor’s office said.
After the disclosure, the woman was fired from her job. She explained her actions as financial difficulties. Currently, the case has been transferred to the court, which must establish all the circumstances and make a decision. The woman is charged under Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — fraud on a particularly large scale.
The sanction of this article provides for a serious punishment. “The sanction of the article provides from 5 to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property,” the law enforcement officers noted. The pre-trial investigation in the case was conducted by the investigators of the Darnytsia Police Department of Kyiv under the procedural guidance of the Darnytsia District Prosecutor’s Office. The final decision on the guilt or innocence of the former accountant will be made by the court.
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