The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has revealed signs of false asset reporting totaling 4.38 million UAH in the 2024 asset declaration of Roman Senyk, a judge at the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal. The full audit, which ran from February 23 to June 22, was triggered by the judge’s purchase of a residential house in Lviv. Findings indicate potential criminal violations under Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The High Council of Justice was officially notified of the audit.
On May 15, 2024, Roman Senyk and his wife acquired joint partial ownership of a 223 sq. m residential house and a 206 sq. m land plot in Lviv. The total transaction value reached 4.27 million UAH, with Volodymyr Fedyna listed as the seller.
An analysis of the family’s financial standing highlighted a gap between official income and actual expenditures. Accounting for cash savings at the end of 2023 alongside verified income (the judge’s salary, his wife’s earnings at the Lviv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, and pension payments), the maximum cash available for the purchase was 3.19 million UAH. The agency recorded the remaining 1.08 million UAH as income from unidentified sources.
«Available cash plus the amount that could realistically be withdrawn from bank accounts totaled 3.19 million UAH. The sum falls short of the house price by 1.08 million UAH, which the agency categorized as undeclared income from unidentified sources.»
By December 31, 2024, the judge declared family cash holdings equivalent to 4.19 million UAH. According to calculations by the anti-corruption agency, after paying for the house and factoring in subsequent official income and living expenses, the family could have saved a maximum of 899,400 UAH. Consequently, the volume of unsubstantiated cash in the year-end declaration stands at 3.29 million UAH.
The audit uncovered several additional reporting discrepancies:
Omission of the value of a 69.8 sq. m Lviv apartment, which was valued at 592,000 UAH in a 2014 mortgage agreement.
Inaccuracies regarding dates and ownership share amounts for other real estate assets.
Missing data on his wife’s bank accounts and an omitted vehicle identification number (VIN).
Failure to declare the expenditure for the house purchase under the transactions section.
Judge Roman Senyk did not exercise his right to provide explanations; the agency’s written request was returned unserved, and notifications in the electronic declaration registry remained unopened. The audit findings will be forwarded to law enforcement agencies to determine whether to open criminal proceedings, as well as to the High Council of Justice for potential disciplinary action.