The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (AC HACC) has left unchanged the decision of the court of first instance, which recognised assets worth nearly UAH 5.8 million used by a village council chairman in Rivne region as unjustified. This refers to:
- a residential house with an area of 230 sq. m and a land plot with an area of 831 sq. m in the centre of Rivne with a total value of nearly UAH 4.2 million. The real estate was purchased by the official's mother-in-law at the end of 2019.
- a boat worth nearly UAH 1 million, a land plot with an area of 0.25 hectares, and a special cargo vehicle, the ownership of which the official's family acquired in 2023.
As a reminder, the ground for the lawsuit filed by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) against the HACC was the results of a lifestyle monitoring of the official conducted by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). The review was initiated based on materials from the investigation department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Rivne region within the framework of a pretrial investigation. The analysis of the income and expenditures of the official and his family members, conducted by the NACP, demonstrated the absence of lawful income sufficient to purchase the specified property.
Currently, by decision of the AC HACC, these assets have been confiscated by the state revenue.
As a reminder, the AC HACC previously upheld the confiscation of an unjustified asset of a former National Police lieutenant colonel worth over UAH 2.2 million.
