The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has upheld the lawsuit of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, filed based on the materials of the NACP, and confiscated the property of a family of civil servants, recognizing it as unfounded. These are assets with a total value of 8.5 million hryvnias, which were owned by Odessa customs officers and their son, an official of the district council in the Kyiv region.
According to the results of lifestyle monitoring, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption found that in 2021, a couple — the head of the department and the chief inspector of the Odessa Customs — purchased a spacious apartment in Odessa. At the same time, their son, who held the position of deputy head of the district council in the Kyiv region, became the owner of an apartment in the capital and a hybrid Toyota RAV-4 SUV.
However, the family decided to play it safe: the ownership of all these assets was registered not in their name, but in the name of a close relative born in 1937. Presumably to avoid attention from regulatory authorities.
However, the attempt to hide the property turned out to be futile. As the NACP found out, the family had no income that could explain the purchase of such a volume of real estate and transport. The institutions conducted a financial analysis and concluded: these assets could not have been acquired legally. Moreover, after the officials learned about the monitoring, they urgently got rid of the property - apparently, they were trying to avoid possible consequences.
However, the court decided otherwise. The assets will be confiscated in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code. The verdict can be appealed, but only within 30 days from the date of the full text of the decision.
Thus, the Supreme Court of Justice once again confirmed: even an attempt to hide illegal property through relatives does not save from liability.
