HACC Seizes Kuznetsov’s Assets

HACC Seizes Kuznetsov’s Assets image

The High Anti-Corruption Court has seized the property of People's Deputy Oleksiy Kuznetsov, whom the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office suspect of receiving illegal benefits.

On August 2, NABU detectives searched People's Deputy Kuznetsov's Acura MDX car, as well as the apartment he uses. An iPhone 16 Pro mobile phone was seized from the car; cash in the amount of UAH 900,000, UAH 170,000, UAH 9,380, and UAH 6,900, etc. The following items were found in the apartment: an iPhone SE phone, an iPad mini 2021 tablet, and draft notes. The specified property was requested to be seized.

The motion of the NABU detective, approved by the Prosecutor General, to seize property in criminal proceedings is partially granted. To impose an arrest (with a prohibition on alienation, disposal and use) in order to ensure the preservation of material evidence on the property seized during the search of the Acura MDX car and on the property seized during the search of the apartment... To impose an arrest, by prohibiting the alienation and disposal of property, namely on 1/2 of the funds seized from (Kuznetsov) during the search of the Acura MDX car and 1/2 of the movable and immovable property

– the decision states.

Thus, the court imposed an arrest on UAH 993,140 in cash (UAH 900,000 of which was previously identified as ill-gotten gain); two iPhones; an iPad; an Acura MDX; a residential building; home ownership (share size 29/200); 1/2 share of another residential building; a land plot and two premises.

Alexey Kuznetsov is a figure in the EBK database.

Earlier, the High Anti-Corruption Court chose a preventive measure for People's Deputy Oleksiy Kuznetsov, who is suspected of corruption in the procurement of drones and electronic warfare. The politician was taken into custody.