The Civil Cassation Court of the Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the first and appellate instances of the High Anti-Corruption Court, which recognised as unjustified the assets belonging to the head of one of the departments of the Central Interregional Directorate of the State Migration Service in Kyiv and Kyiv Region and ordered their confiscation in favour of the state (civil forfeiture). The amount of assets exceeds UAH 5 million.
The basis for this decision was the monitoring of the official's lifestyle, carried out by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) and evidence obtained independently by the SAPO prosecutor.
During the monitoring, the NACP established that between 2019–2023, the declarant's family members and relatives purchased two apartments — in Kyiv and Kharkiv — and three cars. However, in fact, the movable and immovable property was used by the official and his wife.
The court confiscated the apartment and two cars, as well as cash in the amount of almost UAH 1.4 million, as the cost of the third car, in favour of the state.
The decision of the Supreme Court is final and not subject to appeal.
In accordance with the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption’, a person authorised to perform functions of the state or local self-government, in respect of whom a court decision on the recognition of assets as unjustified and their confiscation to the state has come into legal force, shall be dismissed from office in accordance with the procedure established by law.
As a reminder, the NACP discovered illegal assets worth UAH 23 million belonging to a Zakarpattia customs officer.
