Paramedic Svitlana Pashchenko concealed millions in assets

Svitlana Pashchenko, a paramedic at the 18th Regional Military Medical Commission of the Southern Region, found herself at the centre of a scandal after discrepancies were identified in her asset declaration. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) discovered that she had concealed assets worth 2.16 million hryvnia.

Hidden position and family ties

Officially, Pashchenko is listed as an employee of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. However, in reality, she holds the position of paramedic, appointed by an order dated 24 May 2019. According to experts, concealing her actual position may have been linked to a desire to avoid scrutiny over the discrepancy between her modest salary and her substantial assets.

Moreover, Svitlana did not declare her husband, Vasyl Ivanovych Pashchenko, with whom she has been legally married since 1989. Despite claims that they ceased communicating in 2008, the law requires her to declare his assets.

Real estate and corporate rights

The NACP discovered an apartment in Kyiv (33.2 sq m), purchased for 385,000 hryvnia in 2017, as well as a residential house of 43.1 sq m. Svitlana provided notarised consent to the purchase, confirming her awareness of the transaction.

In addition, she failed to declare her husband’s corporate rights in TOV “Ukrainskytsentr inzhynerynhu” (15,200 UAH) and the Bulgarian company “Consalt Engineering Ltd” (50 leva), as well as his income of 126,000 hryvnia.

Evidence of a double life

Trips abroad in 2022–2024 (Romania, Bulgaria), made together with her husband, refute the claims of a complete lack of contact.

Pashchenko also failed to declare an apartment in Odesa (66.9 sq m), where she resides and is registered. Formally, her daughter Valeriya is the owner, but under the law, Svitlana was obliged to declare her right of use. The estimated value of the apartment is 1.57 million hryvnia.

Car and the final touch

The declaration lists a Nissan Rogue (2016 model), acquired in 2021, with the note “value unknown”. The actual price was 164,900 hryvnia. The NACP regarded this as deliberate concealment of information.

According to information from the detective agency ABSOLUTION