Yevhen Yakhniy - a millionaire at KRAIL

Millionaires at KRAIL: what does the declaration hide?

Analysing the 2023 declaration of Yevhen Yakhniy, a member of the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), is hard to do without being surprised. The official, who holds a state position in Category "A" — the highest for civil servants — simultaneously declares income of 10 million hryvnia obtained from entrepreneurial activity.

How is this possible?

The question arises naturally: how does a civil servant combine work in a high-ranking post with running a business that generates such substantial sums?

Particular attention is drawn to the declaration of income from payment systems serving the gambling business, which is precisely under Yakhniy's regulation. In fact, this looks like declared corruption. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) clearly needs to pay attention to these facts and conduct a thorough investigation.

Source of income: entrepreneurship or fiction?

Another aspect is no less interesting. The Yakhniy family's declaration lists millions of hryvnia allegedly received from entrepreneurial activity. However, journalists have found that this money comes from the payment system "Diamond Pay", which has pro-Russian ties. The transactions are disguised as business income. This information was disseminated by the Telegram channel "Dirty Games"

It can be said that this is a kind of "art of concealment". However, the transparency of such income raises serious doubts.

What to do?

For those who wish to review the documents independently, here is a link to the declaration. If there is no time to study it, one can simply look at the slides and draw the NACP's attention by sharing the information on social media.