The former head of the Khmelnytskyi Prosecutor’s Office received over 1 million hryvnias in pension through fraudulent means

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation have completed the pre-trial investigation regarding the former head of the Khmelnytskyi District Prosecutor’s Office, who illegally obtained a disability pension. The indictment has been sent to court.

This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.

The investigation established that in 2020, the official, with the assistance of officials from the medical and social expert commission, illegally obtained a lifelong Group II disability status. At the same time, he was fully aware that he did not have functional impairments that meet the criteria for establishing such a disability group.

Subsequently, he applied to the territorial division of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and arranged a pension. The total amount of payments received by him exceeds 1 million hryvnias.

The former prosecutor is charged with fraud on an especially large scale (Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces a penalty of imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.

The actions of the doctor from the medical and social expert commission, who assisted in the illegal establishment of the disability group, are classified under Part 1 of Article 28 and Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (drafting and issuing a knowingly false official document, committed by a group of persons).