Former head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov sentenced to 6 years in prison
This is reported by ThePublic.info citing the court session broadcast and the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.
The former head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine has been found guilty of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced to 6 years in prison with a fine of 17 thousand hryvnias.
Nasirov was also deprived of the right to hold positions in government bodies, local self-government bodies, state or communal enterprises, institutions, and organizations related to the execution of organizational-administrative and administrative-economic functions for a period of three years. The court decided to take Nasirov into custody in the courtroom.
The former head of the DFS department, Volodymyr Novikov, who was accused of aiding this crime, was acquitted by the court, reports Sudovyi Reporter.
The verdict has not yet come into force. The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) is scheduled to review appeals against it by mid-April 2026. If this does not happen, the case may be closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
In 2017, then-head of the State Fiscal Service, Roman Nasirov, was detained by NABU detectives on suspicion of abuse of office. According to investigators, during 2015-2016, the former head of the SFS received over 722 million hryvnias in bribes from the owner of an agricultural holding company for accelerated VAT refunds.
That same year, Nasirov was also handed another suspicion: he authorized sequential payments of tax debts by enterprises of People's Deputy Oleksandr Onyshchenko. This caused damages to the budget amounting to 2 billion hryvnias. In April 2025, it became known that Nasirov mobilized to the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the court debates, and his lawyers filed a motion to suspend the criminal proceedings. Later, the mobilization order was canceled, and the former head of the SFS was sent to pre-trial detention. In May, he was released from custody after bail was posted for him.
