The SAPO and the NABU charge the former director of the Cybersecurity Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, General Illia Vitiuk, with illegal enrichment and inaccurate asset declaration.

According to the investigation, in December 2023, Illia Vitiuk purchased a luxury apartment in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district for a real price of UAH 21.6 million but registered it in his wife’s name at a reduced contractual price of UAH 12.8 million.

To justify the origin of part of the funds, Vitiuk's wife stated that she had earned them as an individual entrepreneur providing legal services, although no such services were actually rendered. Before she registered her business activity, the official's wife had had no official income whatsoever and had not engaged in any professional activity for over 20 years. The investigation supports the fictitious nature of the consultations with the fact that the consultation texts contained quotes from Cabinet of Ministers resolutions adopted after the date on which the legal services were purportedly provided, and that the account for payment was opened two months after the date the contract was concluded. The investigation established that a total of over UAH 13.2 million was credited to the account of Vitiuk's wife as an individual entrepreneur, most of which was converted into cash to purchase the property.

In addition, there is no confirmation of the legal origin of the remaining funds spent on the purchase of the apartment, in the amount of UAH 8.8 million.

One of the key pieces of evidence is messenger correspondence extracted from a realtor’s phone. The messages show that Vitiuk’s wife coordinated the purchase with her husband, asked about the possibility of bargaining, and inquired about minimizing the official bank transfer. The correspondence also records that the money was transferred to the individual entrepreneur's account by an acquaintance of the official from companies under his control, who picked the payer outright with the phrase "from any of them, from my money."

In addition, the investigation established the fact of the purchase of the property: an apartment of 195 square meters whose actual price under the preliminary agreement was USD 590,000 (about USD 3,000 per square meter), with a deposit of USD 10,000. However, the real value of the asset changed sharply and, after a minimal discount, amounted to UAH 21.4 million. At the same time, by agreement of the parties, the appraised value was understated to UAH 12.7 million. The main sale and purchase agreement for the understated amount was signed on December 6, 2023, on the basis of the official's written consent.

In April 2024, journalists from Slidstvo.Info published information about a mismatch between the family’s declared income and the cost of the acquired property.

Inaccurate declaration

In February 2024, the official filed a corrected declaration for 2022, in which he concealed and distorted data totaling UAH 9.4 million. Later, in April 2024, after he had received the military rank of general, he filed a corrected declaration for 2023. In it, Vitiuk declared UAH 13.3 million in allegedly fictitious income of his wife from her purported business activity in the field of law, using this to artificially explain the origin of the family's funds.

In addition, the individual in the case significantly understated the value of the 195-square-meter apartment he had purchased in a luxury complex in the capital: instead of the USD 590,000 actually paid (equivalent to over UAH 21.6 million), he reported in the declaration the understated fictitious price from the main agreement, UAH 12.8 million, concealing the difference of UAH 8.8 million.

During its own checks, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention found no discrepancy between the family's lawful earnings and the assets it had acquired.

The investigation also established the falsification of a forensic examination in favor of the defense.

Specifically, in May 2024, a forensic examination of the value of the housing was ordered at NABU's initiative. In November of that year, the investigation formally revoked the order, and the materials were returned to the Bureau on November 21.

Despite the revocation, in December 2024 the experts drew up a knowingly understated opinion, artificially backdating it and basing it on irrelevant properties.

The investigation is currently conducting a separate check into the alleged forgery of the forensic experts' opinion and outside influence exerted on them in the interests of the defense.

The former SSU officer is charged under Article 368-5 and Article 366-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.