Fraud cases decreased by 21% compared to the previous year
However, this is still nearly three times more than before the full-scale war
10 January 2025
Nearly 65,000 criminal cases under Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, “Fraud” were opened in 2024, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. This is 21% fewer than in 2023. However, it is still 2.7 times higher than before the full-scale war. Nearly one in four cases goes to court.
64,978 fraud cases were opened last year. This is 21% fewer than in 2023, when a record number of such cases — 82,609 — were opened.
| Year | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opened | 47,142 | 41,963 | 45,904 | 46,019 | 37,014 | 33,290 | 32,358 | 26,830 | 23,847 | 32,086 | 82,609 | 64,978 |
| Submitted to court | 11,617 | 9,115 | 8,370 | 6,508 | 8,831 | 7,204 | 7,054 | 7,399 | 8,027 | 5,778 | 14,838 | 15,607 |
It is worth noting that, over the past year, fraud cases decreased by 2.4 times. In the first quarter, an average of about 8,000 such cases were opened per month, while in the last quarter, this number dropped to only 3,300.
There has also been an improvement in solving these cases: 15,607 cases went to court last year. This is 24% of the total number of cases opened last year. In comparison, in 2022 and 2023, this figure was only 18%.
Source: Opendatabot
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