The SBU Cyber specialists continue to systematically expose illegal privatization of state agricultural lands in Ukraine. In the spring of this year, the SBU officers suspended the scheme and another top official of the StateGeoCadastre received a notice of suspicion. The suspect held the position of the acting head of the Main Department of StateGeoCadastre in Chernihiv region.

SBU officers documented that the offender abused her office by signing a number of unlawful orders transferring agricultural land plots to private ownership.

The official was served a notice of suspicion of neglect of official duty.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing to establish all circumstances of the offence and prosecute all involved individuals.

To remind:

In 2021, the SBU conducted searches in 22 territorial subdivisions of the State Geo-Cadaster. They seized evidence of illegal allocation of more than 2,500 land plots.

The operation was carried out jointly with the State Bureau of Investigations under the supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office.