Kherson officials are among the top scandalous declarations of the South for 2024

The rating by the Center for Public Investigations, whose journalists examined financial reports in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions, includes MPs, officials of various government departments, and local authorities. The list also includes

The ranking includes three figures associated with Kherson region.

Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Olha Maliarchuk indicated in her 2023 declaration that she and her husband co-owned a 54.6-square-meter apartment in Mykolaiv. However, she noted that her husband did not provide information on the cost of the apartment. In addition, Oleksandr Maliarchuk has land in Mykolaiv with an area of 7.5 hectares, which he has owned since 2017, the value of which is also hidden. In addition, his cash disappeared from his declared savings.

And the former deputy head of the Kherson City Administration, Serhiy Orekhov, did not indicate in his financial statements how much his wife, Olha, has received as an internally displaced person since the beginning of 2024. The former official noted that the woman refused to specify the amount.

Oleksandr Hordienko, a deputy of the Kherson Regional Council, did not indicate information about dozens of land plots in the Beryslav district of Kherson region in the "real estate objects" section of his declaration, nor did he indicate that he had a car. He also lied about his place of work and position. He also failed to list his foreign passport, shares in several companies, and his wife's salary.

The NACP authorized person recorded that the information in Oleksandr Hordiienko's declaration differs from the real state of his assets totaling UAH 10.3 million.

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