The husband of a popular singer did not indicate real estate, cars and millions in debts in his tax declaration
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has conducted a thorough check of the declaration of Maksym Aslanov, who is the head of the second detective department of the economic crime unit of the Main Directorate of Detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security. According to the results of the check, the NACP found unreliable data for 4.01 million hryvnias.
Aslanov submitted his declaration on March 21, 2024. One of the main violations is that he did not indicate information about an apartment with an area of 98 m², the cost of which is approximately 2.5 million hryvnias. This housing belongs to his ex-wife and another person, and is actually used by Aslanov’s son, as evidenced by data from the State Register of Property Rights.
The official explained that he did not indicate this asset because he does not have property rights to it, relying on the NACP’s clarification. However, the agency noted that if the property is actually used, it must be declared, in accordance with Article 46 of the Law “On the Prevention of Corruption”.
In addition, he did not declare a 1,400 m² land plot in the village of Stoyanka (Buchansky district), formally belonging to another person. Aslanov uses this plot together with his family, but he claims that he only rents a house on it. The NACP concluded that this plot should also be included in the declaration, since it is part of it.
Additionally, gaps were identified in the declaration regarding the Mercedes-Benz CLA 220 car purchased by his wife in October 2022 for 960,000 hryvnias, for which Aslanov noted “unknown” in the value column.
Another violation was that he did not indicate the corporate rights of his wife, the famous singer SoloKha, worth 1.5 million hryvnias. Aslanov claimed that he was unaware of these rights, but the NACP did not accept this explanation, as the information was readily available in open sources.
The declaration also did not contain information about 59 thousand hryvnias in royalties received by his wife from the company “Best Music” and about a debt of 3.65 million hryvnias received under a marriage contract, which was confirmed by court decisions. Aslanov explained that he learned about this debt only after a request from the NACP.
Thus, the agency established that Aslanov did not reflect assets totaling more than 4 million hryvnias in the declaration, which indicates possible signs of a criminal offense under Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which concerns the submission of false information in declarations by persons authorized to perform state functions.
