The State Bureau of Investigations is investigating possible false declarations by the head of the State Environmental Inspection for over UAH 26 million.
On 3 February 2026, the Office of the Prosecutor General registered criminal proceedings into the possible inclusion of false information in the annual declaration of the acting head of the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine. The proceedings were opened under Article 366 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for declaring inaccurate information.
The basis for entering the information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations was a substantiated conclusion by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention following a full audit of the official's declaration for 2024.
According to law enforcement officials, the document may have contained information that differed from the actual amount by more than 26 million hryvnias. This amount exceeds 2,500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons, established on the date of submission of the declaration.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigations. The proceedings are examining the circumstances of the acquisition of assets, their declaration and the consistency of the official's explanations with the established facts.
According to media reports, the acting head of the inspection, Oleksandr Subbottenko, declared $653,000 in cash for 2024. He explained that these funds were found in a garage inherited from his grandmother. According to him, his relative earned the money legally together with her husband, in particular abroad. The official also stated that his family has a practice of converting income in hryvnia into dollars, leaving part of the funds for everyday expenses.
At the same time, according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court conviction.
