The investigation failed to arrest the bank accounts of the family of the corrupt official Krupa

The investigation failed to arrest the bank accounts of the family of the corrupt official Krupa

The investigation regarding the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC, Tetyana Krupa, confirmed that nearly four months into the investigation, it was not possible to arrest the bank accounts of the suspect’s family members opened in foreign banks.

This is reported by “Glavcom” with reference to the online broadcast of the court session.

As stated by the prosecutor in court, during the war, Krupa’s relatives, as well as the suspect herself, transported a significant amount of undeclared cash abroad. For instance, in October 2022, Tetyana Krupa did not declare when leaving Ukraine that she was transporting $600,000. After crossing the Polish border, she informed the local customs officers of possessing this amount. These funds were then deposited in a bank account in Poland.

“The investigation did not manage to seize Krupa’s funds in the Polish bank as they were transferred to a Swiss bank. We learned about this from the financial intelligence in November 2024. On November 22, we contacted the Swiss Federal Justice with a request to block this account... As a result, on December 7 we received a response stating it was impossible to freeze the account because such an account does not exist. This means the funds were withdrawn after Krupa obtained the status of a suspect,” the prosecutor explained.

Moreover, according to the investigation, other relatives of Krupa also withdrew funds from foreign banks. In particular, her husband Volodymyr Krupa kept $1.2 million in a Polish bank, and Krupa’s son and daughter-in-law, as well as her husband, held over $1 million in Austrian banks.

“Unfortunately, the prosecution is in the position of catching up, trying to find these funds and impose seizures,” the prosecutor said.

Lawyer Taras Poshyvanyuk contested the prosecutor, arguing that closing a bank account requires the physical presence of the account holder. However, during the period the prosecutor mentions, Krupa was in custody, the defense noted.

“We tried to communicate through the lawyers of the Swiss bank, but we were not allowed,” Poshyvanyuk said. He added that the money was likely transferred from the Polish bank to the Swiss bank as early as the summer of 2024.

Currently, the pre-trial investigation in the case of illegal enrichment of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC has been extended until April 5, 2025.

It should be recalled that since October 7, 2024, the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC, Tetyana Krupa, has been in detention in the capital’s pre-trial detention center. However, she can be released on bail set at 260 million UAH.

On October 3, 2024, law enforcement officers seized a large amount of cash from Tetyana Krupa’s family apartment: in the living room – $106,100, 6,700 euros, and 67,500 UAH; in the wardrobe, where there was a safe – $315,900 and 25,400 euros; in the bedroom of the suspect’s husband, Volodymyr Krupa – $253,100, 70,000 euros, and 143,000 UAH; in another bedroom – $2.5 million, 37,800 euros, and 702,000 UAH. This cash, the origin of which is still unknown, has been arrested by the court.

Also, $93,000 and 2,000 euros found in the office of the chief physician, Tetyana Krupa, have been seized. Meanwhile, according to the 2023 declaration, Tetyana Krupa and her husband Volodymyr reported official income of 24 million UAH.

Over 150 real estate objects owned by the suspect and her family members have been arrested, according to the investigation.

In addition, a series of medical documents of persons who were going to register a disability group or undergo a re-examination at the MSEC were found in the suspect’s house and her son’s apartment, the former head of the regional Pension Fund.