Former police officer loses appeal; relative's car to be confiscated
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has upheld the decision to seize unjustified assets belonging to the family of a former National Police lieutenant colonel. Specifically, a vehicle registered to a relative of his will be confiscated. The decision takes effect upon its announcement.
This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.
According to EP, the case involves Oleksandr Korniychuk, a senior operative with the Strategic Investigations Directorate in the Dnipropetrovsk region of the National Police’s Strategic Investigations Department.
The car was purchased by the police officer’s mother-in-law and later re-registered in the name of his wife’s sister.
"On May 18, 2026, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the decision of the court of first instance dated March 16, 2026, which ruled that the asset of the former senior operative of the National Police of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region was unjustified," the statement reads.
The case concerns a "TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 200" vehicle, which was purchased by his relative on behalf of the National Police officer.
"However, it turned out that the police officer and his close relatives were actually using the vehicle in question, meaning that he was the one who could have taken actions regarding this asset equivalent to the right to dispose of it," the SAP notes.
Pursuant to the court’s decision, the value of this vehicle as of the date of acquisition—namely, 2,218,740 hryvnias—has been confiscated for the state.
The decision of the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court takes effect upon its announcement.
The lawsuit was filed based on materials from the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK), the State Bureau of Investigations, and evidence independently obtained by the SAPO prosecutor.
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