Stanislav Denysyuk, former head of the State Tax Administration in the Kharkiv Region, gifted 4.5 million UAH in cash to his daughter, Tetyana Denysyuk, who serves as a judge at the Commercial Court of Kharkiv Region. The official formally reported these changes to her asset status in the Unified State Register of Declarations on August 28, confirming the receipt of a substantial financial gift from her father.
Stanislav Denysyuk headed the tax authorities of the Kharkiv region for five consecutive years and left his post in 2012. Several years after his resignation, he found himself at the center of a high-profile corruption scandal: in May 2017, law enforcement officers detained him during a large-scale special operation aimed at dismantling so-called «tax platforms.»
The former tax chief was charged with participating in a criminal organization, creating illegal financial schemes, and systematically abusing his official position. According to law enforcement estimates, Denysyuk’s actions caused damages to the Ukrainian state budget amounting to over 308 million UAH. At the time, the court ordered a pre-trial detention measure for two months, setting a record bail amount of 100 million UAH.
Currently, Stanislav Denysyuk works in private legal practice as an attorney and fully denies all allegations. His defense team has repeatedly argued in court that their client had no connection to the systemic abuses or financial fraud of the Viktor Yanukovych regime, as he had resigned from the tax service before those schemes were actively launched.
The recipient of the cash gift, Judge Tetyana Denysyuk, also has experience with lengthy court proceedings where she stood as an accused party. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) investigated her actions in the context of the so-called «gas case» associated with fugitive former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko.
According to investigators, in 2016, Judge Tetyana Denysyuk issued a knowingly unlawful ruling in favor of LLC «Karpatnadrainvest,» which harmed state interests. She was charged with abuse of office and intentional failure to comply with procedural standards.
However, after a long trial, on May 26, 2021, a panel of judges at the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) delivered an acquittal verdict. The court found Tetyana Denysyuk not guilty of the charges due to the absence of a criminal offense in her actions, dismissing all claims brought by the anti-corruption authorities.
Large cash gifts between close relatives serving in government or the judiciary consistently attract the attention of the public and oversight bodies. Under current Ukrainian legislation, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) conducts lifestyle monitoring of declaring subjects to verify whether the official income of givers corresponds to the size of the transferred assets.
The update to Tetyana Denysyuk’s declaration has once again drawn scrutiny to the wealth of the former tax official’s family, as the gift amount significantly exceeds the average official income of Ukrainian judges over several years of work.