Almost 1.7 thousand officials will have their disability decisions checked by MSEC - Healthcare Ministry
Almost 1700 officials will be checked for the validity of their disability.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health, Censor.NET informs.
"As of the end of November 2024, the group, according to the SSU, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Prosecutor General, has compiled a list of 1695 officials from more than 30 state bodies. They have been sent for examination of the validity of the decisions taken against them by medical and social expert commissions," the statement said.
Who will be checked
Among the selected cases to be reviewed: 32% - employees of the tax authorities of Ukraine; 26% - employees of the prosecutor's office; 17% - employees of the customs service; 25% - employees of other state bodies, the Ministry of Health noted.
"The list of persons whose cases are subject to review is growing as additional data is received from law enforcement officials.
Over the next two months, the validity of the decisions of the MSEC on the establishment of disability for officials will be checked, and in case of unjustified decisions, they will be reviewed in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers‘ Resolution No. 1317 of 03.12.2009," the ministry added.
Corruption in the MSEC
On 5 October, the State Bureau of Investigation reported that the head of the MSEC in the Khmelnytskyi region, Krupa, was found to have $6 million in cash during searches. Suspilne noted that it was Tetiana Krupa, who is a member of the "Servant of the People" party in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council. Tetiana Krupa has been working as the Chief Doctor of the Regional Forensic Medical Examination Commission since 2008.
It was also reported that the head of the Khmelnytskyi regional centre of the MSEC was detained and notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment.
Currently, the SBI is studying the lists found in the office of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC Krupa. They contain names and fictitious diagnoses.
On Monday, 7 October, the Pecherskyi District Court imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention on the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional MSEC, Tetiana Krupa.
On 10 October, Oleksandr Krupa, the son of Tetiana Krupa, resigned at his own request from the post of head of the Pension Fund in Khmelnytskyi region.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has announced that it will conduct a second full check of the declaration of Tetiana Krupa, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise.
On 16 October, the Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, Yurii Butusov, published information that 49 prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, headed by the regional prosecutor Oliinik, had received disability by "covering up" the corruption scheme of the servant of the people Krupa in the MSEC and the Pension Fund. In particular, the journalist provided a list of the names of all prosecutors and described the criminal scheme used.
A list of 30 heads of regional prosecutor's offices who receive the highest pensions has also been published.
Following the scandal, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, which resulted in the resignation of Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin and the approval of a plan to reform the MSEC.
