After the investigation of “Schemes”, SAPO prosecutors initiated the confiscation of the property of the family of the head of the Kyiv police
The specialized anti-corruption prosecutor’s office of Ukraine filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court to declare assets in the amount of almost 8.7 million hryvnias, which were issued to a relative of one of the deputy chiefs of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in Kyiv, as unsubstantiated. The demand of the prosecutors also provides for the recovery of these assets and the income from their sale into the state’s income through the civil confiscation procedure. About this it is said in the SAP message.
On November 15, 2024, the SAP prosecutor, using materials provided by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), as well as evidence obtained in accordance with the law, filed a lawsuit. It refers to the recognition as unsubstantiated of the assets registered to a relative of the official, in particular real estate worth almost 3.7 million hryvnias, and the income received from the sale of one of these objects, in the amount of almost five million hryvnias.
The investigation established that in 2020 a relative of this official became the owner of an apartment and two parking spaces in the city of Kyiv. However, the analysis of the incomes and expenses of the official, his family members and other close persons proved the impossibility of legal acquisition of this property with their official incomes.
It turned out that after the purchase of the real estate, it was actually used by the official himself and his family, and not by a relative who acted as its formal owner. This, as well as other revealed data, indicates that the acquisition was made on behalf of a female relative, but at the behest of an official who tried to hide the origin of the assets.
In addition, during the period when NAZK was monitoring the lifestyle of this official, one of the real estate properties was sold at a price that exceeded its initial value by almost five million hryvnias. The prosecutor’s office demands that not only the assets themselves, but also the income received from the sale of this property be recognized as unjustified, and to ensure their collection in favor of the state.
In the case under consideration by the court, the interests of the state are represented by the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. They emphasize that according to the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”, if the court finds the assets unfounded and decides to confiscate them in favor of the state, the official who hid their origin should be dismissed from his position.
It should be noted that SAP prosecutors initiated the confiscation of the property of the family of the capital’s top police officer after the “Schemes” investigation, which reported edition. Journalistic investigation of the “Schemes” project shed light on the circumstances that preceded this case. As the journalists found out, we are talking about Taras Polienko, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv. A two-story penthouse and two parking spaces in a business-class residential complex in Kyiv were registered to his mother-in-law Valentina Tkachenko. However, the official income of this woman, who earned only 100 hryvnias since 1998, does not allow us to explain the origin of the funds for the purchase of such real estate. Polienko’s mother-in-law’s pension is less than three thousand hryvnias per month. Her husband, Polienko’s father-in-law, also has minimal income, which, together with the pension, amounts to about 350,000 hryvnias for three years.
Journalists also reported that after the release of the “Schemes” investigation, Polienko’s mother-in-law sold the apartments. This sale significantly increased the amount of the claim, as the proceeds of the sale are also subject to forfeiture.
In his comments to journalists, Taras Polienko himself claimed that he did not know the circumstances of the purchase of this real estate. His wife explained that her mother earned money by growing flowers, and also sold a Volga car, which, in her opinion, had an equivalent value to an apartment in Kyiv.
SAP continues to insist that the asset forfeiture is unjustified and promises to inform the public about the progress and results of the trial.
