Illegally enriched by UAH 58 million during the war: former AFU official detained
21 March 2024 14:19
The former head of the Central Food Supply Department of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was caught on illegal enrichment. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Bureau of Investigation, Komersant ukrainskyi 
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In 2022-2023, the official acquired unjustified assets worth almost UAH 58 million.
The NACP found that in 2023, on behalf of the official, individuals and legal entities related to him acquired
- a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid car worth UAH 1.5 million, registered in the name of the official’s daughter, whose total income does not significantly correspond to the value of the acquired property;
- a 158 sq m apartment in Kyiv worth over UAH 5.8 million, registered in the name of a third party;
- 53 land plots in Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Poltava regions with a total value of over UAH 8.7 million;
- the unified property complex of the Khmelnytsky State Experimental Prosthetic and Orthopaedic Enterprise worth UAH 38.4 million;
- the complex of the Khmelnytsky Regional Special Medical Supply Base worth UAH 1.4 million.
The aforementioned plots and complexes were purchased by third parties on behalf of the official. In addition, the legal sources of origin of UAH 2 million in cash, which according to the declaration belongs to the official’s family, have not been established.
It should be noted that after the appointment of the Head of the Central Food Supply Department of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a slight increase in the official’s income, his family’s expenses increased several times, which may indicate that he received hidden income from illegal sources.
The NACP has established that neither the official nor his family members had the financial capacity to acquire all of the above assets.
A search is currently underway at the former official’s residence.
The suspect in illicit enrichment (Art. 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) was detained, the issue of choosing a custody as a measure of restraint is being decided.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to ten years.
The court seized the illegally acquired assets.
Journalist Yevhen Plinsky reported that the former head of the Central Food Supply Department of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kozlovsky, was detained.
“During the 2 years of war, Kozlovsky acquired property worth almost $2 million, including cars, 53 land plots, apartments in Kyiv, and a warehouse of several thousand metres. Profiting from war looks like this…”
– plinsky wrote.
