A new scandal has erupted in the capital surrounding the property dealings of the family of a high-ranking law enforcement officer. As the Absolution detective agency found out, Kyiv Deputy Police Chief Taras Polienko and his family lived in the penthouse of the Zarechny residential complex for over four years without paying the full cost of the apartment.
The 220 sq. m apartment with two parking spaces was valued at UAH 3.3 million, but the developer, Bud Development, a company part of the Alliance Group of Vlada Molchanova and Igor Kushnir, did not demand that the family repay the remaining debt. In court, Polienko's father-in-law Anatoly Tkachenko explained this strange "indulgence" as follows:
«Well, it turned out that they didn't call us, and we didn't bother.».
The family made the first payment of UAH 825,000 in 2020. The developer "remembered" the rest only in the summer of 2024, immediately after the journalistic investigation. After that, the family hastily closed the obligations and within a month and a half resold the penthouse for UAH 8.3 million, two and a half times more expensive.
The relatives' financial explanations look dubious, to say the least. Polienko's father-in-law's official income is about UAH 350,000 (excluding pension). In court, he stated that he was engaged in "trading flowers and minibuses," although these amounts are not reflected in the declarations. Polienko's wife insisted that her mother earned money by growing flowers and owned "a Volga, the cost of which was equal to an apartment in Kyiv."
Taras Polienko himself refused to comment to journalists.
It is important that the Zarichny residential complex was built on the territory near the Southern Bridge, where during the sandstorm Taras Polienko worked as the head of the police department at the River Port of Kyiv, a structure that was supposed to control this particular area.
The fact of purchasing an apartment from a developer associated with the scandalous Vlada Molchanova, who currently has the status of a suspect, and the subsequent sale of housing without transparent confirmation of income calls into question the integrity of both the law enforcement officer himself and the construction company.
