The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) faces growing calls to launch a comprehensive verification and lifestyle audit of Ihor Shtepa, the head of Territorial Service Center (TSC) No. 5341 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Poltava region (Rozsoshentsi village). The scrutiny stems from a stark discrepancy between the official income of the official and the market value of his family’s assets, which experts estimate could be worth over 5 million UAH.
According to an analysis of the official’s financial disclosure, Ihor Shtepa—the son of Oleksandr Shtepa, a controversial former head of the State Traffic Automobile Inspection (DAI)—co-owns several real estate properties with his wife, Dariia. However, the financial report leaves the purchase prices of all these assets completely undisclosed.
The family’s real estate portfolio includes:
An apartment in Poltava (70.5 m²) – Acquired in 2005, it is under joint partial ownership between Ihor Shtepa (34%), his father, and his mother (33% each).
An apartment in Poltava (56.6 m²) – Registered in 2013 under his wife, Dariia Shtepa.
A land plot (1,000 m²) – Located in the prime suburb of Poltava (Nyzhni Mlyny village), acquired by his wife in 2014.
Data from Poltava real estate market operators indicate that as of 2025–2026, the actual market value of these properties is substantial. The 70.5 m² apartment is estimated at 1.8–2.4 million UAH, the smaller apartment at 1.5–2.1 million UAH, and the land plot in Nyzhni Mlyny at 400,000–800,000 UAH. Consequently, the total estimated value of the family’s real estate ranges between 3.7 and 5.3 million UAH.
The primary concern for investigators lies in the financial state of the household, which includes the couple and their two daughters. The only official income reflected in the declaration is Ihor Shtepa’s salary from the Regional Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which stands at a mere 643 UAH.
Furthermore, the declaration of the Service Center head completely lacks:
Any registered vehicles;
Declared cash savings;
Significant bank assets (while accounts at Ukrgasbank, PrivatBank, and Universal Bank are listed, their balances are either zero or left blank).
Legal experts and anti-corruption analysts emphasize that such anomalies in public disclosures serve as direct triggers for regulatory intervention.
«The total omission of property values, the blatant mismatch between official income and existing assets, and the absolute absence of savings or vehicles for a Ministry of Internal Affairs departmental head provide solid legal grounds for the NACP to conduct a full lifestyle audit of the Shtepa family.»
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention currently holds the authority to initiate a deep-dive investigation to determine whether the TSC head is intentionally concealing his actual wealth from the NACP and the public. At the time of publication, Ihor Shtepa has not issued any official comments regarding his financial disclosure.