{"id":"01a0f90c-1543-7d87-9531-55bc34c96d0b","age":41,"slug":"stefanishyna-olha-76ec","isPep":true,"photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0f90c-1543-7d87-9531-55bc34c96d0b/ed54daa4-31e7-4bce-81fc-8fd526edaebf-640.webp","credit":"прес-служба офісу Віцепрем'єр-міністерки / Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olga_Stefanishina_1_(cropped).png","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"amounts":{"usd":{"alleged":"645217.31","complete":true,"established":"0.00"},"byCurrency":[{"alleged":"16400000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"}],"confirmedRatio":0},"summary":"Former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Minister of Justice, later Ambassador of Ukraine to the US. Figure in the \"Lukash case\" (Ministry of Justice paying for research worth UAH 2.5 million), before the HACC. In August 2026 NABU and SAPO served her a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment of UAH 13.9 million and false declaration; earlier Bihus.Info showed she lived in an apartment registered to her mother, not in her declaration. Guilt not established; she denies it.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0f90c-1ebb-7b71-9d74-82c4043c4b59","title":"Suspicion of illicit enrichment of UAH 13.9 million and false declaration","status":"suspicion","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.0239168078","alleged":"332443.63","rateDate":"2025-07-03","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"13900000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":"2025-07-31","sources":[{"id":"01a0f90c-1ec1-7c2b-97b1-7f4867d884bd","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/nezakonne-zbagachennia-na-13-9-mln-grn-pidozra-kolyshniyi-vitcepremyertci/","type":"official","title":"Illicit enrichment of UAH 13.9 million: suspicion for former Deputy Prime Minister","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-06","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-1e67-708f-9edf-6fc1129187ed","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6VUTVcZJoA","type":"ngo","title":"Ministers' luxury secrets: what real estate Deputy Prime Ministers Kuleba and Stefanishyna are hiding","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-07-03","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2024-01-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"On 6 August 2026, NABU and SAPO served a notice of suspicion on the former Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Justice of illicit enrichment of over UAH 13.9 million and false declaration. According to the investigation, she owned two apartments in the «Faina Town» residential complex registered to a friend (almost UAH 11 million), and had in use an apartment in the «Lvivska Ploshcha» residential complex (registered to her mother), a parking space and non-residential premises (registered to her father) and a Mercedes-Benz GLC 220 d (registered to a subordinate), not reflected in her declaration. Earlier, in July 2025, Bihus.Info journalists reported that the official actually lives in an apartment near Lvivska Square registered to her mother (a bare three-room apartment there costs from UAH 9 million by the journalists' estimate) and does not declare its use; Stefanishyna then explained that her parents had bought the housing and that she would declare it for 2025. The HACC chose a pre-trial restraint measure — bail of UAH 6 million. Guilt has not been established; the suspect denies it.","disclosedAt":"2025-07-03","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2026-08-06","criminalArticles":["ст. 368-5 КК України","ч. 2 ст. 366-2 КК України"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":61},{"id":"01a0f90c-1e88-7e3e-a59c-49a834e34ebe","title":"“Lukash case”: payment by the Ministry of Justice for comparative studies of legislation worth UAH 2.5 million","status":"trial","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.1251094708","alleged":"312773.68","rateDate":"2013-01-01","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"2500000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":"2013-12-31","sources":[{"id":"01a0f90c-1e67-708f-9edf-6fc1129187ed","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6VUTVcZJoA","type":"ngo","title":"Ministers' luxury secrets: what real estate Deputy Prime Ministers Kuleba and Stefanishyna are hiding","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-07-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-1e8f-70f6-b1ca-593ee1cbcb95","url":"https://ti-ukraine.org/news/sprava-lukash-u-vaks-yak-prohodylo-pershe-zasidannya/","type":"ngo","title":"The Lukash case at the HACC: how the first hearing went","publisher":"Transparency International Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2023-09-27","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-1e93-7ef2-950a-45fba25b6d64","url":"https://bihus.info/pidozryuvana-v-korupcziyi-viczepremyerka-dezinformuye-pro-perebig-spravy-lukas/","type":"ngo","title":"Deputy Prime Minister suspected of corruption spreads disinformation about the course of the \"Lukash case\"","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-06-24","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2013-01-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to the investigation as recounted by Bihus.Info, in 2013 the Ministry of Justice (Minister Olena Lukash) paid UAH 2.5 million for three comparative studies of Ukrainian and European legislation, whose price and quality raised questions; the procurement was organised by, among others, Olha Stefanishyna as head of the European integration unit. She was served a notice of suspicion under Article 191(5) of the Criminal Code (embezzlement on an especially large scale by a group of persons) in October 2019; the investigation was conducted by the Special Investigations Department of the Prosecutor General's Office (in a 2025 Bihus.Info video the case is called a NABU case). On 26.09.2023 the HACC held the first preparatory hearing in the case against 12 defendants. The UAH 2.5 million is the total payment for the studies, not an amount attributed to her personally. No verdict has been delivered; Stefanishyna considers the studies to have been completed.","disclosedAt":"2013-01-01","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2023-09-26","criminalArticles":["ч. 5 ст. 191 КК України"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":null,"daysWithoutMovement":1106}],"fullName":"Стефанішина Ольга Віталіївна","response":null,"birthYear":1985,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-02T22:19:11.05872+00:00","revisionId":"01a0feb3-2f80-7e99-97ea-b8eecfc266b7","connections":[],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0f90c-275a-7f20-8789-e60d77adea4d","title":"Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA","agency":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0f90c-2756-7455-bf68-dbd1d8616579","url":"https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/45e4e120-4f6f-4d28-884a-168fd185cd55","type":"registry","title":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna, post-dismissal declaration for 2026 (filed 21.09.2026)","publisher":"NACP (Unified State Register of Declarations)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-21","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-2707-7d1d-913b-c5107c593dd8","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0","type":"media","title":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":"2025-08-27","agencySlug":"ministerstvo-zakordonnykh-sprav-ukrainy-e3d3","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"},{"id":"01a0f90c-2730-724a-b7ba-efc779f79134","title":"Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine — Minister of Justice of Ukraine","agency":"Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0f90c-272b-79c3-9d5c-67c80ed9c44d","url":"https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/2f56057f-a506-49e6-ba24-f4d3c3cb27e4","type":"registry","title":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna, annual declaration for 2024 (filed 28.03.2025)","publisher":"NACP (Unified State Register of Declarations)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-03-28","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-2707-7d1d-913b-c5107c593dd8","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0","type":"media","title":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":"2024-09-05","agencySlug":"kabinet-ministriv-ukrainy-2087","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"},{"id":"01a0f90c-270c-71b7-a181-7f27296cb9e5","title":"Deputy Director, Director of the Department for European Integration / International Law","agency":"Ministry of Justice of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0f90c-1e93-7ef2-950a-45fba25b6d64","url":"https://bihus.info/pidozryuvana-v-korupcziyi-viczepremyerka-dezinformuye-pro-perebig-spravy-lukas/","type":"ngo","title":"Deputy Prime Minister suspected of corruption spreads disinformation about the course of the \"Lukash case\"","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-06-24","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f90c-2707-7d1d-913b-c5107c593dd8","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0","type":"media","title":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"ministerstvo-yustytsii-ukrainy-e041","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"}],"nameVariants":["Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna","Ольга Стефанішина"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Stefanishyna Olha Vitaliivna","primaryStatus":"trial","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"unknown","commercialPositions":[]}