Kyiv accountant misappropriated UAH 1.5 million of school employees' salaries - Prosecutor's Office
An accountant was exposed in Kyiv, who between June 2023 and September 2025 misappropriated UAH 1.5 million, belonging to employees of Kyiv schools. This was reported by the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office.
The investigation established that the woman unlawfully accrued salaries, sick leave, additional payments for part-time work and programme implementation, and then indicated own bank account as a recipient of funds.
Once the scheme is discovered, the accountant detained, She is being served with a notice of suspicion for embezzlement of budget funds and forgery.
Context.
Schemes involving the misappropriation of budget funds in educational institutions are periodically recorded in different regions. In most cases, officials use access to payroll records to create fictitious grounds for payments.



