Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has uncovered falsified financial records totaling ₴2.5 million ($60,000 USD) in the tax declaration of Serhiy Shum, General Director of the State Institution «Institute of Forensic Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.» The official attempted to justify the origin of the funds using contradictory financial statements and unverified personal loans. As a result, the NACP established signs of a criminal offense under Part 1, Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The first major violation involves the repayment of a debt to a private individual. Shum claimed in his declaration that on November 4, 2025, he paid $70,470 USD in cash to settle a loan. According to the official, he used remaining personal savings from previous years alongside an interest-free loan of ₴1.3 million obtained from another citizen in October 2025 to cover the amount.
However, data from the State Register of Property Rights directly contradicts this timeline. The mortgage on Shum’s Kyiv apartment was officially terminated on January 27, 2025, following full settlement of the obligation—a fact confirmed by the lender’s representative. This indicates the debt was cleared at least nine months earlier than reported. Furthermore, the NACP identified no legitimate income sources or assets capable of covering a $28,850 USD portion of the debt (approx. ₴1.2 million at the time).
«The National Agency believes this artificially constructed loan scheme was designed to explain funds that had actually been utilized by the official back in January,» the anti-corruption agency stated in its report.
The second violation centers on a declared financial liability of ₴1.3 million to a female lender. Shum claimed he received the cash in person on the contract signing date, October 17, 2025.
Cross-checks with the «Arkan» border control integration system revealed that the lender was actually abroad on that date, entering Ukraine only on October 21. Neither party could provide documentation, logical explanations, or details regarding the time and location of the alleged cash transfer.
The NACP has forwarded the audit findings regarding false asset declaration to law enforcement agencies to initiate a formal criminal investigation.