The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) upheld the decision of the court of first instance, which recognised the assets belonging to a prosecutor of one of the departments of the Office of the Prosecutor General as unjustified and ordered their confiscation in favour of the state (civil forfeiture). The assets in question amount to UAH 1.64 million, the legality of the acquisition of which the official was unable to confirm.
The basis for the court's decision was the results of monitoring the prosecutor's lifestyle, which was carried out by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) during monitoring.
During the monitoring, NACP officials found that the official had received UAH 1.95 million for the purchase of an apartment as a gift from her mother. However, after analysing the prosecutor's mother's income and expenses, the Agency concluded that part of the assets in question, namely UAH 1.64 million, could not have been acquired through legal income.
The decision of the HACC Appeals Chamber shall enter into force upon its announcement.
In accordance with the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption,’ a person authorised to perform the functions of the state or local self-government, in respect of whom a court decision recognising assets as unjustified and their recovery to the state's income has entered into force, is subject to dismissal from office in accordance with the procedure established by law.
We would like to remind you that the Supreme Court has confirmed the legality of the HACC's decisions to recover the property of an official of the capital's Migration Service to the state.
