The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACC) has uncovered systemic violations and false reporting amounting to millions of UAH in the 2023 and 2024 financial disclosures of Serhiy Huz, head of Territorial Service Center No. 5346 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Poltava Oblast. The official omitted undeclared real estate, luxury vehicles, and a cohabiting partner.
These findings were detailed in an official report following a comprehensive audit conducted by the anti-corruption agency.
In the family members section, Huz failed to declare Tetiana Pidopryhora, with whom he resides and shares a household. While the official claimed they were merely acquaintances and that financial transfers were done as personal favors, the NACC refuted his statements using National Police records:
«Pidopryhora repeatedly filed domestic violence complaints against her cohabitant, Huz. In police reports from 2022 and 2024, she explicitly identified him as her common-law husband, confirming they had lived together and shared a household for several years.»
Investigations further confirmed their relationship through shared dining transactions, joint trips, an 86,000 UAH resort vacation funded by Huz, and regular money transfers to the woman and her daughter.
The official’s filings lacked information on several properties:
Poltava Apartment (102.2 sq. m): Registered under his mother’s name but used by Huz. The estimated value is at least 3.6 million UAH. Financial analysis showed the mother lacked the legitimate income to purchase the property.
Dykan’ka Apartment Share (69.3 sq. m): Owned by his daughter via a gift deed from Huz himself.
Novi Sanzhary Apartment (51.2 sq. m): Owned by his partner, Pidopryhora.
The total sum of false entries in the real estate section alone reached 4 million UAH for 2024.
Huz also omitted the regular use of two vehicles: a Nissan Rogue (valued at over 623,000 UAH) owned by an acquaintance, and a Toyota Sequoia (valued at 1.63 million UAH) registered to his nephew.
City surveillance cameras from the «Safe Poltava Region» system recorded the Toyota Sequoia being used regularly for Huz’s commute to his service center office in Butenky.
The NACC concluded that Huz committed systemic violations of the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention of Corruption.» The total amount of undeclared assets significantly exceeds legal thresholds, paving the way for potential prosecution and legal liability.