06 October 2026, 13:32
In the Odesa region, three people have been charged in connection with an 8.8-million-scheme involving the National Health Service of Ukraine
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The National Health Service of Ukraine transferred nearly 8.8 million hryvnias in budget funds to a private clinic based on false reports regarding the provision of mobile palliative care services to adults and children. Three people are suspected of embezzling the funds.
The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine reported the uncovering of the scheme.
According to the investigation, the organizer of the scheme was familiar with the mechanism for paying for medical services under the medical guarantees program. He recruited the director of a private clinic and a family doctor into the scheme, assigned tasks to them, coordinated their work, and distributed the funds received.
The clinic director entered into contracts with the National Health Service of Ukraine (NSZU), approved reports containing false information about the volume of services provided, and submitted them for payment.
The family doctor worked simultaneously at a private clinic and two public healthcare facilities in the Odesa region. At one of them, she served as chief physician and had access to employees’ personnel files.
According to the investigation, this data was used to enter false information into the electronic healthcare system regarding palliative care allegedly provided to patients.
In addition, the doctor personally entered false information about the provision of such services on behalf of the private clinic and recruited other people to make similar entries.
Based on this data, reports were generated, on the basis of which the National Health Service of Ukraine (NSZU) transferred nearly 8.8 million hryvnias to the clinic. According to investigators, members of the organized group misappropriated these funds.
According to the BEB,the scheme operated from February 2024 to January 2025.
The three suspects have been notified of the charges against them. Depending on their roles, their actions have been classified under articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning fraud, unauthorized alteration of information in an automated system, and official forgery.
The pretrial investigation is ongoing. BEB detectives are identifying other possible participants in the scheme. Prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General are overseeing the proceedings.
