The Central District Court of Mykolaiv suspended from his post the head of the Ivanivka settlement military administration of Henichesk district, Viktor Debely. He is suspected of organizing a corruption scheme in which subordinates were forced to return part of their bonuses to the leadership.
This became known from court rulings published on the EDRSR website.
In October last year, MOST’s own sources learned about arrest of Viktor Debely. At that time he was given a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of bail. After the funds were posted, Debely was released and continued to work in the position.
Now the court granted the motion of the prosecutor of the Kherson Specialized Prosecutor’s Office and suspended Debely until March 21, 2026.
According to the text of the court rulings, the investigation established that Viktor Debely, together with the first deputy and the chief accountant, set up a system “kickbacks” from the wages of employees of the Ivanivka settlement council.
Under the developed plan, management awarded subordinates increased bonuses after which employees had to return approximately 20% of that money (from 2 to 9 thousand hryvnias per month).
Employees had to transfer the money to the chief accountant’s card, and she then transferred it to Viktor Debely’s account.
According to the investigation, in case of non-provision of “kickbacks”, the head of the SMA personally instructed the accounting department not to award bonuses to specific subordinates.
The case materials state that from March 2023 to October 2024 illicit benefits were received from 13 employees in the total amount of 930,017 hryvnias.
In addition to suspending Viktor Debely, the court also extended the duration of the obligations for the chief accountant, who must notify about a change of residence and not leave the limits of Kyiv. She is suspected under the same article as Debely — Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (receipt of an improper benefit by an official by prior conspiracy of a group of persons, combined with extortion).
The investigation is ongoing.