Ukrainian law enforcement officers, together with the Spanish police, searched the Spanish real estate of the former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support centres (RTR and SS) and Odesa joint venture, Yevhen Borysov.
A search of Yevhen Borysov's estate in Spain
Criminal proceedings have been initiated against Borysov under several articles on the facts of illegal enrichment.
The investigation revealed that he had purchased two properties in the city of Marbella in the province of Malaga in the Kingdom of Spain.
In December 2022, Borysov bought a house on the mane of his mother. The property is worth more than €4 million, with a total area of 857 sq m on a land plot of 1,530 sq m.
In February 2023, together with his wife, he purchased an office space worth more than €500,000 with a total area of 223.9 sq m.
On December 13, 2023, law enforcement officers searched the villa and office premises purchased by relatives of the former military officer.
Documents certifying the right of ownership and disposal of the above-mentioned property by his family members were seized from there.
Based on the collected evidence and the SBI request, the competent authority of the Kingdom of Spain seized the villa and office premises.
Ex-military commissar Yevhen Borysov is suspected of what
The SBI has published a series of suspicions against Borisov. He is suspected of:
Acquisition by a person authorised to perform state functions of assets whose value exceeds his/her legitimate income by more than 6,500 tax-free minimum incomes (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
Failure of the serviceman to report for duty on time without valid reasons committed under martial law (part 5 of Article 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
Organising money laundering (Article 27(3), Article 209(3));
Abuse of office and giving unlawful instructions to subordinate employees to make a positive decision to avoid conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine to persons designated by him for a monetary reward;
evasion of military service duties by deception committed under martial law (part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years.
