The head of the Cherkasy regional prosecutor’s office, Kateryna Shevtsova, received a record pension in 2023 – UAH 785,435. It is worth noting that she is only 42 years old, which raises certain questions. This became known from an investigation published on the Censor.NET website.
According to the official website of the Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Kateryna Shevtsova has been heading this institution since October 2022, and her work in the prosecutor’s office has been going on since 2004. According to her declarations posted on the NACP website, she started receiving pension payments in 2020, when the amount of her pension was UAH 186,627. However, already in 2023, this figure increased to UAH 785,435, which is equivalent to approximately UAH 65,000 per month.
The declaration also shows her salary for her work in three regional prosecutor’s offices:
- Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office: UAH 1,200,990;
- Vinnytsia Regional Prosecutor’s Office: UAH 549,590;
- Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor’s Office: UAH 507,207.
In addition, according to the NACP, Shevtsova keeps UAH 429,556 in bank accounts and UAH 750,000 in cash. She also owns a 2019 Toyota Camry, which cost her UAH 618,125, and has the right to use an apartment in Kharkiv, where her son lives, free of charge.
The journalists drew attention to the fact that a criminal investigation into the payment of disability pensions to 70 prosecutors has been ongoing for several years in Cherkasy region. At the same time, the declarations of Shevtsova’s deputies do not list pensions as a source of income, although they are listed in the declarations of other prosecutors in the region.
For example, Andrii Zamotailo, the head of the Cherkasy District Prosecutor’s Office, born in 1984, started his career in the prosecutor’s office in August 2006 and has held his current position since March 2019. His pension payments for the past year are more modest – UAH 251,160, as indicated in his declaration.
In addition, Glavcom informs which regional prosecutors, apart from the head of the Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor’s Office, receive pension payments:
- Andrii Rudnytskyi, 51, head of the Rivne Regional Prosecutor’s Office. According to his declaration, he received UAH 1 million 800 thousand in salary last year. In addition, he received UAH 424 thousand in pension payments, which he has been receiving since at least 2017.
- Oleksandr Filchakov is a 45-year-old head of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. In 2023, he earned UAH 1 million 800 thousand in salary and received UAH 800 thousand in pension payments.
- Denys Viktorovych Falchenko is a 42-year-old first deputy head of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, who temporarily acts as the head. Last year, his income amounted to UAH 1 million 500 thousand in salary and UAH 393 thousand in pension payments.
It is also reported which officials of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region receive pension payments:
- Oleksandr Petrovych Supryaga, 41, head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region. Last year, he received UAH 85 thousand in pension payments.
- Svitlana Zinnik is a 58-year-old first deputy head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region. In 2023, she received UAH 250 thousand in pension payments.
- Vitaliy Taran is a 40-year-old deputy head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region. His pension payments for the past year amounted to UAH 70 thousand.
- Tatyana Petrovna Khilyk is a 52-year-old deputy head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region. She received UAH 73 thousand in pension payments.
- Mykola Ivanovych Semyz is a 57-year-old deputy head of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Cherkasy region. He received UAH 62 thousand in pension payments.
