This was reported by a source in law enforcement agencies.
"The examination of documents on the expungement of Yanukovych's criminal records has been conducted. The examination confirmed that the documents on the expungement of criminal records were falsified," the source said.
He did not say when the examination results would be forwarded to the Central Election Commission.
Under the law on elections of people's deputies, a candidate cannot participate in elections if he has a criminal record or if it has not been expunged and cleared in the established procedure.
Thus, Yanukovych's registration as a candidate for deputy may be annulled by the Central Election Commission.
However, Party of Regions representative at the CEC with advisory vote status Olena Lukash rules out any possibility of Yanukovych being removed from the election race.
"I rule out any such possibility, including by way of canceling his registration as a candidate for people's deputy. I absolutely rule it out with one hundred percent certainty," she said.
Lukash referred to a publication in the newspaper "Segodnya" about a press conference by Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor Oleksiy Bahanyets, who reported that such a case was opened but was closed due to the absence of documents and information confirming the fact of document forgery.
Last summer, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported that the Donetsk Oblast prosecutor's office had established that during 2002-2004, unidentified officials of the oblast Appellate Court forged 2 rulings of the presidium of the Donetsk Oblast Court dated 27.12.1978 on the alleged annulment of two verdicts against Yanukovych.
The reference is to verdicts of the Yenakiieve people's court dated 15.12.1967 under Article 141, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR with closure of criminal proceedings, and dated 18.07.1970 under Article 102 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR with closure of criminal proceedings.