Two years ago, after a change in the region's leadership, several criminal cases were opened involving officials of the regional state administration. For example, on April 29, 2003, the prosecutor's office of Volyn region sent to the Lutsk city court for consideration a criminal case accusing former deputy head of the Volyn regional state administration Oleksandr Zhurakivskyi, head of the department of social protection of the population of the regional state administration Lesia Voroniuk, and the head of the accounting department of this department of misuse of budget funds in the purchase of passenger vehicles. The press center of the regional prosecutor's office reported that during the court's hearing of the case, it was taken into account that deputies of the Volyn regional council at a session approved changes to the regional budget that arose as a result of the misuse of budget funds in the purchase of vehicles at the expense of funds from boarding homes. Therefore, on March 26, 2004, the prosecutor's office of Volyn region closed the criminal case in the part accusing Mr. Zhurakivskyi of abuse of office and of using budget funds for purposes other than their intended purpose. The charges against the social security department officials were likewise dropped.