NAZK finds violations in declaration of head of Lviv medical commission

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) found significant violations in the declaration of Zinoviia Nikolaiushyn, head of the inter-district specialised occupational pathology medical and social expert commission of the Lviv Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise. The total amount of discrepancies amounted to UAH 12.75 million.

The review revealed that the declaration lacked information on three land plots in the village of Virlov in Zboriv district, Ternopil region. These lands have been owned by a member of the official’s family since 2010, but were not disclosed in the report. Nikolaiushyn was unable to provide convincing explanations regarding this matter.

Errors in amounts and income discrepancies

Furthermore, the documents declared USD 60,000 and UAH 500,000 in personal funds, as well as USD 240,000 and UAH 800,000 belonging to a family member. The official later attempted to explain that she had allegedly made a technical error, and the amounts should have been 10 times smaller. However, NAZK rejected these arguments, deeming them illogical and unsubstantiated.

The agency conducted an analysis of Nikolaiushyn’s and her husband’s income and expenses for the period 1998–2023. The family’s official income over this period amounted to UAH 3 million, including salaries, pensions, and income from rental and sale of property. However, in recent years, the couple purchased real estate and vehicles worth UAH 4 million:

• A residential house for UAH 2.41 million and a land plot for UAH 189,000 in 2019.
• A 2019 Volkswagen Touareg for UAH 1.47 million in 2021.

Thus, expenses exceeded income, and the presence of savings of UAH 12.7 million in the declaration appears financially unjustified without hidden sources of income.

The official’s version and NAZK’s conclusions

As an explanation, Nikolaiushyn stated that the source of funds was savings accumulated over a lifetime, as well as inheritance and her husband’s earnings in Siberia and Kamchatka in the 1980s and 1990s. However, the absence of supporting documents prevented NAZK from accepting these arguments.

The official was given the opportunity to correct the declaration within 30 days, but she did not use this right. 

According to information from the detective agency ABSOLUTION