As part of the investigation into a large-scale scheme of abuse in one of the state controlling bodies, ARMA received a request from the State Bureau of Investigation to trace the assets of those involved in the criminal proceedings.

According to the investigation, officials of this state body organized the accrual and payment of salaries to fictitious employees.

Employees of the Department for Finding and Tracing of Financial and Other Assets of the ARMA used information and reference systems, registers and banking data to analyze the amount of information on these individuals and the assets they owned.

As a result, the following assets were identified and traced: 3 residential properties, 4 cars, 18 land plots and 5 weapons.

Pavlo Velykorechanin, Deputy Head of the ARMA, said: “This case once again confirms that ARMA is an effective tool in the fight against corruption. At the same time, for an effective result in the interests of the state, it is necessary for the agency to obtain a court order to transfer the seized assets into management.”

The ARMA has already sent the data to the pre-trial investigation body to take measures to seize the identified assets and transfer them to management.