Head of Medical Commission in Mykolaiv Region Fined for Concealing Funds

The Pervomaisky City and District Court of Mykolaiv Oblastfound Natalia Ositkovska, chair of the Pervomaisky Interdistrict Medical and Social Expert Commission, guilty of making false statements.

According to the verdict,she was sentenced to a fine of 68,000 hryvnias and barred from holding positions involving organizational, managerial, administrative, and economic functions in healthcare facilities and expert teams assessing an individual’s daily functioning for a period of three years.

The basis for the guilty verdict, in particular, was the findings of a comprehensive audit of her 2023 declaration conducted by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. The audit revealed that the official had provided false information amounting to over 2.7 million hryvnias.

The official failed to declare her husband’s assets and income, of which she was aware, including:

• a residential house with an area of 83.6 square meters, in which she lived with her family, and the land plot on which the house stands, as well as an apartment with an area of 57.7 square meters in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast;
• the total value of the real estate exceeds 1.5 million hryvnias;
• a Hyundai, a ZAZ, and a TARZ trailer with a total value of over 230,000 hryvnias;
• income totaling over 980 thousand hryvnias.

In April, a court in Mykolaiv recused a judge from hearing the case of another former MSEC employee at the request of the prosecutor’s office. The recusal was based on doubts regarding compliance with procedural rules during the hearings. The case involved Vira Belyakova, who is accused of issuing a fraudulent disability certificate to a man subject to military service—which allowed him to obtain a deferment from mobilization—as well as of making false statements. During searches of the official’s premises, authorities found over $450,000 in cash and a collection of jewelry, which she had stored at various addresses.

Кирило Бойко