{"id":"01a0fea3-ff13-735c-95b3-7f7a01574c14","age":51,"slug":"deineko-serhii-5984","isPep":true,"photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0fea3-ff13-735c-95b3-7f7a01574c14/ed2fca0a-3b37-4dee-b3df-eca0bc789203-640.webp","credit":"LIGA.net (досьє LIGA.File) — https://file.liga.net/ua/persons/deyneko-sergey","license":"усі права захищені"},"amounts":{"usd":{"alleged":"239393.91","complete":true,"established":"0.00"},"byCurrency":[{"alleged":"204000.00","currency":"EUR","established":"0.00"}],"confirmedRatio":0},"summary":"Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine from 2019 to January 2026, lieutenant general. On 22 January 2026 NABU and SAPO served the former head of the SBGS a notice of suspicion in a case of systematic receipt of undue advantage by SBGS officials for unimpeded passage of vehicles with cigarettes to the EU (at least EUR 204 thousand in July–November 2023). Bail of UAH 10 million was posted. No verdict.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0fea4-059f-7485-b2b1-2e09e09b885b","title":"Undue advantage to State Border Guard Service officials for unhindered passage of cars with cigarettes to the EU (2023)","status":"suspicion","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"1.1734995680","alleged":"239393.91","rateDate":"2026-01-22","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"204000.00","currency":"EUR","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":"2023-11-30","sources":[{"id":"01a0fea4-05b5-7a1b-91ba-88e8f43f8145","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/koruptciia-v-derzhprykordonsluzhbi-zaversheno-slidstvo-stosovno-eksgolovy-ta-posadovtciv/","type":"official","title":"Corruption in the State Border Guard Service: investigation against the ex-head and officials completed","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-07-16","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fea4-05c4-7ba7-b7c8-83e2bc2bbdb8","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/koruptciia-v-derzhprykordonsluzhbi-topposadovtciv-vykryto-na-oderzhanni-khabariv/","type":"official","title":"Corruption in the State Border Guard Service: top officials exposed receiving bribes","publisher":"NABU","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-01-22","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fea4-05ad-7495-a2e7-a91a486d0eba","url":"https://lb.ua/society/2026/02/04/720430_eksgolovu_derzhprikordonsluzhbi.html","type":"media","title":"UAH 10 million bail posted for ex-head of the State Border Guard Service Serhii Deineka","publisher":"LB.ua","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-02-04","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fea4-05a6-74a1-95e7-3f68f36ac5bf","url":"https://lb.ua/society/2026/01/22/718234_eksgolova_dpsu_otrimav_pidozru.html","type":"media","title":"Ex-head of the State Border Guard Service received a notice of suspicion. The case concerns undue advantage for unhindered border crossing and smuggling","publisher":"LB.ua","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-01-22","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fea4-05bd-757f-94fa-338e5c64f911","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/01/22/8017369/","type":"media","title":"Cigarette smuggling: NABU and SAPO served notices of suspicion on Deineka and several border guards","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-01-22","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2023-07-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to NABU and SAPO, in 2023 a group of persons organised the illegal smuggling of cigarettes across the state border into the EU, and officials of the State Border Guard Service systematically received an undue advantage for their assistance: in July–November 2023 alone — at least EUR 204 thousand for the unimpeded passage of 68 vehicles (EUR 3,000 each). Vehicles with number plates resembling diplomatic ones were used, carrying passengers holding diplomatic passports. On 22.01.2026 a former Head of the State Border Guard Service, the head of a checkpoint unit and a former official of the State Border Guard Service were served notices of suspicion (Article 27(4), Article 368(4) of the Criminal Code); in July 2026 the investigation was completed. The amount of EUR 204 thousand is the total for the episode; the share of each person has not been determined. Official announcements do not give the surname; identification is based on media data. There is no verdict.","disclosedAt":"2026-01-22","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2026-07-16","criminalArticles":["ч.4 ст.27 КК","ч.4 ст.368 КК"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":82}],"fullName":"Дейнеко Сергій Васильович","response":null,"birthYear":1975,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T17:46:08.838355+00:00","revisionId":"01a102df-936c-7212-8628-5f4b83a18c18","connections":[],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0fea4-0d50-7709-a7e1-d818ad94a69a","title":"Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine","agency":"State Border Guard Service of Ukraine","dateTo":"2026-01-04","region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0fea4-0d4a-7a05-81c6-b7897a4cf6e8","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дейнеко_Сергій_Васильович","type":"media","title":"Deineka Serhii Vasyliovych — Wikipedia","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-02","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fea4-05bd-757f-94fa-338e5c64f911","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/01/22/8017369/","type":"media","title":"Cigarette smuggling: NABU and SAPO served notices of suspicion on Deineka and several border guards","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-01-22","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":"2019-06-13","agencySlug":"derzhavna-prykordonna-sluzhba-ukrainy-6533","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"}],"nameVariants":["Deineko Serhii Vasylovych","Сергій Дейнеко"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Deineko Serhii Vasylovych","primaryStatus":"suspicion","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"at_large","commercialPositions":[]}