Case description
On April 30, 2020, the HACC found Oleksandr Chernenko, ex-MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, guilty of unreasonably obtaining compensation for housing. The accused and the prosecutor concluded an agreement, so the ex-MP was sentenced to probation for a year.
In 2016-2018, while still acting as MP of the VII convocation, Chernenko intentionally applied for monetary compensation for rental housing and received more than UAH 580,000. That is, the ex-MP had a registered place of residence near Kyiv and lived with his wife in the capital, but applied for compensation. The Verkhovna Rada Apparatus does not have the authority to check whether MPs are entitled to such compensation.
The crime was qualified under Article 364, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court approved the plea agreement and fined Chernenko UAH 17,000, sentenced him to 3 years in prison, and deprived him of the right to hold certain positions for a year. However, Chernenko concluded an agreement with the prosecutor, so the real deprivation of liberty was replaced with a suspended sentence with a three-year probationary period. The ex-MP, by the way, compensated for the damage caused to the state.
