The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) to recognise the assets of the former acting head of the Rivne Customs as unsubstantiated and to confiscate them for the state's benefit. The lawsuit is based on the findings of a lifestyle monitoring conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), as well as materials provided by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).
The assets in question include:
- a 192.2 sq. m residential house in a prestigious district of Rivne and the land plot on which it is located;
- a half-share of a 168.7 sq. m holiday home on the shores of the Khrinnyky Reservoir in the Rivne region, and a half-share of a 0.05 ha land plot;
- over UAH 390 thousand in income generated from the sale of the 1/2 share of the holiday home and the land plot on which it is located;
- a 67.6 sq. m apartment in Rivne;
- a 2019 Volkswagen Touareg vehicle.
A portion of these assets was registered in the names of the official’s close relatives, specifically his mother and mother-in-law. However, the gathered evidence proves that the acting head of the customs office personally managed and disposed of the property.
The minimum value of these properties amounts to nearly UAH 10.6 million. Meanwhile, an analysis of the official's and his family members' income and expenditures confirmed that it was impossible for them to legally acquire assets totalling UAH 8.9 million. To prevent unlawful alienation, the court has placed a freeze on the aforementioned property.
It was also established that between 2020 and 2025, the official systematically manipulated the purchase and sale of property. Documentarily, he acquired assets at undervalued prices compared to market rates and sold them at market prices, thereby laundering his own income. These manipulations involved 13 items of movable and immovable property, of which the official was the beneficial owner, excluding the assets that are the subject of the current lawsuit.
As a reminder, the High Anti-Corruption Court previously recognised nearly UAH 3 million in assets of the former head of the Kremenchuk Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TCR) as unsubstantiated, based on materials provided by the NACP and NABU.
