$6 million in cash was found at the home of the MSEC head in Khmelnytskyi region — details

Part of the cash found during searches. Photo: State Bureau of Investigation

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigations exposed the head of the Khmelnytskyi regional center of MSEС and her son, who is the head of the main office of the Ukrainian Pension Fund in the Khmelnytskyi region, for illegal enrichment. During the house search, they found almost 6 million US dollars in cash, luxury jewelry and more.

This was reported by the press service of the Rapid Response Team on Friday, October 4.

They earned millions from evaders

The head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC hid 100,000 US dollars and fake medical certificates in her office, as well as a list of "evasive clients" with names and specified false diagnoses.

Found currency in cash. Photo: SBI

SBI employees also visited the residence of the officials — they found 5 million 244 thousand US dollars in cash, 300 thousand euros, more than 5 million hryvnias, luxurious branded jewelry and jewels.

Seized funds. Photo: SBI

The press service noted that there was so much money that it was found almost everywhere.

"The law enforcement officers found money in almost every corner of the apartment in closets, drawers, niches. They also seized documents that confirm the illegal activities of the officials and their money laundering through various business projects," the press service said.

Cash seized during searches. Photo: SBI

The head of Khmelnytskyi MSEС tried to get rid of money

During the investigation, the official tried to throw two bags filled with half a million dollars through the window.

Mother and son have considerable wealth

Later, the law enforcement officers found out more interesting details. It turned out that they have 30 real estate objects in Khmelnytskyi, Lviv and Kyiv, purchased nine luxury cars, corporate rights for 48 million hryvnias, and also own a hotel and restaurant complex with an area of almost 3 thousand square meters in one of Khmelnytskyi's parks.

And that's not all — the family owns real estate in Austria, Spain, Turkey and has almost 2.3 million US dollars in foreign accounts.

"The leaders did not include all these assets in their annual declarations of persons authorized to perform the functions of the state. The issue of notifying officials of fraud suspicions, committed on a particularly large scale or organized by a group, legalization of property obtained through criminal means, based on a prior conspiracy by a group of people is being resolved in large amounts, declaration of false information and illegal enrichment. The sanction of the articles involves deprivation of liberty for up to 12 years with confiscation of all property," the press service reported.

We will remind you that today, October 4, the Security Service of Ukraine reported the arrest of 14 people who are suspected of organizing a multi-million-dollar business on evasion.

In addition, recently, the cigarette production line, which belonged to the company of a well-known Odessa smuggler, was handed over to ARMA management.