The President stressed what he expects from law enforcement officers.
Volodymyr Zelensky
of defense on corruption in medical and social expert commissions and demands a response from law enforcement officers on the registration of false disabilities by prosecutors.
He announced this in his evening address.
“Unfortunately, things are happening in the rear here in Ukraine that don't require any enemies. This is a real internal enemy. What is happening with the MSEK – medical and social expert commissions – and the impudence of people, in particular prosecutors, who took advantage of their MSEK and issued fake disability certificates for themselves,” Zelensky wrote.
He emphasized that he expects law enforcement agencies, in particular, first of all, the SBU, the State Bureau of Investigation, and the Office of the Prosecutor General, to make “appropriate, quick, tough decisions.”
What preceded
- On October 16, journalist Yuriy Butusov published information that 49 prosecutors of Khmelnytsky region “headed by regional prosecutor Oleksiy Oleynik registered disability status, “roof” of the corruption scheme of the servant of the people Krupa in the Medical and Social Expertise Commission and the Pension Fund.” Butusov noted that almost all prosecutors were disabled in the second group according to the decision of the former chief physician of the Medical and Social Expertise Commission Tatyana Krupa. For many years, they received and continue to receive disability pensions from the state according to the decisions of the head of the Pension Fund, who was Krupa's son.
- After this, Oleynik was dismissed from the post of head of the Khmelnytsky regional prosecutor's office. there is
- The Prosecutor General's Office initiated an internal investigation.
The Case of Tatyana Krupa and Her Family
- On October 5, the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Center for Medical and Social Expertise was detained and reported as a suspect in illegal enrichment. The day before, during the investigation, she threw half a million dollars out of the window. During the searches, almost 6 million US dollars in cash in various currencies were found in her and her relatives' possession. In her office alone, they found 100 thousand US dollars, as well as a number of fake medical documents, lists of “evaders” with names and fictitious diagnoses.
- Lists with names and fictitious diagnoses were also found in Krupa's office. The State Bureau of Investigation is studying the documents.
- On October 7, the court sent the suspect to custody with the alternative of posting 500 million hryvnia in bail. The woman will be kept in pretrial detention until December 3, if the preventive measure is not extended.
- Meanwhile, the Servant of the People faction in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council has launched the imperative mandate procedure. It is noted that Krupa will be expelled from the regional council.