Employees of the State Bureau of Investigations, together with the Department of Internal Security of the National Police, have initiated a criminal proceeding regarding the embezzlement of evidence worth over 13 million hryvnias by the head of one of the investigative units of the law enforcement agency in Kyiv.
This is reported by Rivne24
According to the investigation, the official, contrary to legal requirements, kept evidence – money in various currencies – in his office, which had been seized by his subordinates during the pre-trial investigation. These funds were supposed to be transferred for safekeeping to a banking institution.
On November 3, 2025, the law enforcement officer did not show up for work, and the mentioned funds were missing from his office.
On November 6, employees of the State Bureau of Investigations and the police located the man – he was hiding in a forest in Rivne region, where he had set up temporary housing. To do this, he purchased a minibus, a tent, a charging station, a significant amount of food, and other equipment for an extended stay in nature.
During searches of the vehicle and the location where the law enforcement officer was hiding, over 12.6 million hryvnias in foreign currency were discovered and seized.
The man has been detained. Currently, urgent investigative actions are ongoing, and measures are being taken to establish the whereabouts of the remaining money.
The issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being resolved.
The law enforcement officer has been informed of suspicion under part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – embezzlement of someone else’s property on a particularly large scale through abuse of office.
The penalty for this article provides for up to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation.
“The law enforcement officer has been informed of suspicion under part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – embezzlement of someone else’s property on a particularly large scale through abuse of office.”