The NAPC noted the growing popularity of crypto-assets among officials

The NAPC noted the growing popularity of crypto-assets among officials

Every year, both ordinary citizens and public officials are increasingly turning to crypto assets, incorporating them into their ways of saving.

This was reported by the Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAPC), Viktor Pavlushyk, in an interview with the publication "Glavcom".

"If a few years ago, few knew about them, now they are just as much a method of saving as cash or money in a bank account," Pavlushyk noted.

According to Pavlushyk, crypto assets can be tracked using blockchain tools, and they are also considered during inspections. In particular, NAPC specialists have recorded cases of declaration violations of crypto assets among officials.

As an example, he cited a situation where the deputy head of the Regional Service Center of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Mykolaiv region claimed to own bitcoins worth 100 million hryvnias but could not confirm their existence.

"I personally followed the declarations from the very beginning of the registry’s existence. I submitted them myself when I worked as a detective at NABU, and I remember what it’s like: searching for ways to enter the registry at night, so as not to lose data. Now we have a completely different situation: the declaration registry was never turned off, including during my tenure at NAPC," Pavlushyk stated.