Accountant at Kyiv University Invented an Employee and Collected His Salary for 7 Years

The non-existent colleague "earned" and "handed over" nearly UAH 700 thousand to the woman.

The accountant of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University has for nearly 7 years been receiving the salary of an employee she herself invented.

This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.

In 2012, the woman created a non-existent employee of the university and registered him in the program that automatically calculates salaries.

She kept all the payments for herself and over the next seven years received nearly UAH 800,000 from the university's cash desk, "earned" by the phantom "colleague", effectively stealing money from the state.

The Kyiv Local Prosecutor's Office No. 10 sent an indictment to court against the accountant — under Part 1, Part 2 of Article 190, Part 2, Part 3 of Article 358 and Part 1 of Article 362 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — for fraudulently taking possession of another's property. During the investigation, about UAH 500,000 was returned to the budget.

The woman faces up to 3 years in prison. She has already been dismissed from the university.

Earlier, officials stole UAH 70 million on the renovation of schools in Kyiv Oblast.