The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is seeking the confiscation of assets belonging to the former head of the Rivne Customs Office worth more than 10 million hryvnias
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) has filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court seeking a ruling that the assets of Vitaliy Sobchuk, the former acting head of the Rivne Customs Office, are unjustified and that they be forfeited to the state.
The total value of the property sought to be confiscated exceeds 10 million hryvnias.
The list of assets claimed by the state includes a 192.2-square-meter residential house in Rivne with a land plot, as well as half of a vacation home on the shore of the Khrinnytske Reservoir, with an area of 168.7 square meters and the corresponding share of land.
In addition, the prosecutor’s office has set its sights on a 67.6-square-meter apartment in the regional capital and a 2019 Volkswagen Touareg.
A separate item in the case involves a sum of 394,950 hryvnias.
These are funds that Vitaliy Sobchuk and his ex-wife—whom he divorced in May 2025—received from the sale of another questionable asset: a share in a vacation home on the Khrinnytske Reservoir.
According to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, part of this property was registered in the names of the official’s mother and mother-in-law.
However, evidence gathered by law enforcement indicates that the former customs official himself actually controlled and used these assets.
The asset verification process began after the NACP sent a request to Vitalii Sobchuk on June 26, 2025, demanding an explanation of the sources of income used to purchase the valuable property.
Shortly after receiving this request, the official acted with remarkable haste, quickly selling his share of a two-story vacation home along with the land plot.
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