SAP seeks to seize ex-deputy’s luxury SUV

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requests the confiscation of a 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 car used by former Chernihiv Regional Council deputy Tetyana Oleshko.

This was reported by the press service of the SAPO, but the name of the politician was not mentioned. According to media reports, this is Oleshko, who resigned as a deputy in May 2024.

The SAPO prosecutor, based on the materials of the NACP and independently obtained evidence, appealed to the High Anti-Corruption Court with a claim to recognize the asset, namely the Toyota Land Cruiser 200 car, 2020 model, worth UAH 2 million, as unfounded and to recover it to the state revenue (civil confiscation). It was established that in 2023, an acquaintance of the deputy of the Chernihiv Regional Council purchased a car. However, it turned out that the car was used exclusively by the deputy. In addition, on the day of purchase, a power of attorney was issued for it. Thus, she could directly or indirectly perform actions identical in content to the exercise of the right to dispose of the aforementioned property

As the SAPO prosecutor established, the family of the deputy and her friend did not have sufficient legal income to purchase this car.

Previously, the HACC confiscated the apartment of the former deputy head of the Poltava Regional TCP and Joint Venture Oleksandr Kotyukh and his mother worth UAH 1.92 million.

In addition, the SAPO requests the confiscation of unfounded assets worth over UAH 8.5 million belonging to the head of the department and his wife, the chief state inspector of Odessa Customs, as well as their son, the deputy head of the district council in the Kyiv region.