Bryl Kostiantyn Ivanovych

False declaration by the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration (about UAH 43 million for 2016–2017): case closed after the Constitutional Court ruling

According to NABU, former head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Kostiantyn Bryl failed to declare assets worth about UAH 35 million and UAH 8 million in his declarations for 2016 and 2017 respectively (real estate, cars, income, corporate rights), and did not submit a declaration for 2015 (Article 366-1 of the Criminal Code, proceedings No. 52017000000000068 of 28.01.2017). The episode amount is about UAH 43 million, the total cited by RBC-Ukraine with reference to investigation data and by a Bihus.Info story; NABU's case register gives the amounts separately for each year. The proceedings were opened after an appeal by Bihus.Info lawyers. On 09.07.2019 a notice of suspicion was served; on 11.12.2019 the indictment was sent to the HACC, and the trial was held in closed session. On 02.11.2020 the HACC closed the case because the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, by decision of 27.10.2020 (No. 13-r/2020), abolished criminal liability for false declaration. The ground for closure is decriminalisation, which is not exonerating: guilt has been neither established nor refuted by a court. The text of the ruling is closed in the register.

Pre-trial investigation body:

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Proceedings:

52017000000000068

Charges:

ст. 366-1 КК України