Enriched by 140 million: case of ex-head of Odesa TCC sent to court
15 April 2024 14:04
Investigators have completed an investigation into the illicit enrichment of the former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Centre for Recruitment and Social Support. The indictment has been sent to court, reports Komersant ukrainskyi 
citing the State Bureau of Investigation.
The case concerns the former head of the Odesa Regional Centre for Recruitment and Social Support, Yevhen Borysov, who was suspended on 1 May 2023 over corruption charges and replaced by Oleksandr Okhrimenko.
Borysov was detained in Kyiv on 24 July. The SBI conducted an extensive investigation, collecting a “huge” amount of evidence.
The investigation found that family members of the former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Centre for Recruitment and Social Support purchased expensive cars in Ukraine and then moved them abroad. Also, the acquisition of luxury real estate abroad, totalling over UAH 190 million, was recorded.
The difference between the value of the acquired assets and the legal income of the defendant and his family members is over UAH 140 million. The origin of these funds is not confirmed by any documents.
The former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Centre for Recruitment and Social Support is suspected under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illicit enrichment). He faces up to ten years in prison with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
The SBI stressed that the investigation was carried out “in close cooperation with law enforcement agencies of foreign countries”.
The defence has now begun to familiarise itself with the case file, after which the case will be referred to court.
The evidence base was collected during the pre-trial investigation. Media reports were also studied to ensure a full and impartial investigation. The materials of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) were also examined, which also found signs of illicit enrichment of the former Odesa military commissar in excess of UAH 188 million.
One of the journalistic investigations revealed that the military commander’s mother became the owner of a residential building in Spain worth more than EUR 4 million last year. It also turned out that, in addition to luxury foreign real estate, she also purchased a Mercedes-Benz EQV car this year for almost UAH 3 million.
Subsequently, law enforcement officers found that the ex-military commander’s mother-in-law had also become the owner of an expensive car fleet in recent years without having sufficient funds of legal origin. It included: Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG, Toyota Land Cruiser.
The ex-military commander’s wife also acquired another foreign property – an office space in Spain worth 737 thousand euros, also without having sufficient legally obtained assets and income.
