Prosecutors and doctors will be held responsible for the corruption scheme regarding disability registration

Two prosecutors and members of medical and social expert commissions were held liable for fictitious registration of disability.

The channel “Vykryvach” reported on the criminal prosecution of the head and deputy of district prosecutor’s offices in several regions for fictitious registration of group II disability.

Two medical and social expert commission members were also involved in the case. According to the investigation, their actions caused the state to lose more than 1.5 million hryvnias. After reporting the suspicion, the prosecutors were dismissed from their administrative positions.

Earlier, it became known that a large-scale scheme for registration of disability based on false documents was exposed in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office, as a result of which 16 prosecutors were dismissed.

Today, 47 prosecutors with disabilities work in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office, of which 16 were dismissed as of October 1, 2024.

According to the investigation, the former head of the MSEK, Tetyana Krupa, and her son, Oleksandr, were also involved in this scheme. During searches of their apartment, about $6 million in cash was seized, some of which they tried to throw out the window, and fake medical certificates were found. In 2023, the Krup couple declared more than 24 million hryvnias in income, and law enforcement officers seized 150 real estate properties.

In October 2024, more than 50 prosecutors from the Khmelnytskyi region, including the former head of the regional prosecutor’s office, Oleksiy Oliynyk, were granted disability. This scandal became the reason for the liquidation of the MSEK, which the President signed into law in December 2024. From January 1, 2025, the commissions ceased their activities. Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin resigned.

In April 2025, Poland handed over evidence of money laundering by the Krupa family abroad to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, including transfers from Polish banks to Switzerland and the United States. The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption found violations in Tetyana Krupa’s declarations amounting to more than 34.8 million hryvnias.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. It has been established that Tetyana Krupa, the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEK, has significant funds in Polish banks that were not indicated in her declarations. Evidence of illicit enrichment is being collected.