A deputy of the Zagvizdyansk Rural Council in Ivano-Frankivsk region was sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzling more than 2.5 million UAH from the teachers’ salary fund. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General on Tuesday, July 7. The 35-year-old man was sentenced by the Tysmenitsky District Court. In addition to imprisonment, the court ordered the confiscation of all property belonging to him and banned him from holding positions related to financial, tax and management accounting for three years.. According to the investigation, in 2021-2023, the deputy worked as an accountant in three educational institutions, some of them unofficially. Thus, having access to financial documents, he systematically falsified salary slips and calculated inflated payments to himself and relatives whom he fictitiously employed in these institutions. Thus, more than UAH 2.5 million was appropriated from the teachers’ salary fund.. The scheme was revealed by one of the school directors. After this, the accused fled abroad and was wanted for almost a year.. At the end of 2025 he was detained in the Czech Republic and extradited to Ukraine. In court, the man only partially admitted his guilt, claiming that he did not plan the crime in advance, but simply “could not resist the temptation” due to the complete lack of financial control on the part of management. However, the sentence will enter into legal force after the end of the period for its appeal..

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