Supreme Court Closes Appeal in Former Lviv Customs Officer’s Case
The Supreme Court has closed the proceedings on appeals against the verdict sentencing former state inspector of the customs clearance department No. 3 of the "Uhryniv" customs post of Lviv Customs, Nazariy Kot, to 3.5 years in prison for abuse. He is currently in a penal colony.
This decision was made by the Criminal Court of Cassation, reports Slovo i Dilo.
As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court found former state inspector of Lviv Customs Kot guilty and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison. He was also banned from holding positions at customs for 2 years after serving the main sentence. The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court left the sentence unchanged. Kot is already being held in the Lviv Penitentiary. The former customs officer's defenders filed cassation appeals against this decision, but later withdrew them.
As can be seen from the materials of the criminal proceedings, other persons have not appealed the court decisions regarding (Kota – ed.), and the refusal of a cassation appeal in accordance with Articles 432, 403 of the CPC is the right of an individual. Taking into account the above, the cassation proceedings are subject to closure. The cassation proceedings on the cassation appeals of the defense lawyers acting in the interests of (Kota – ed.) against the verdict of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ukraine dated September 4, 2025 and the resolution of the AC of the HACC dated February 18, 2026 regarding (Kota – ed.) are closed
Nazariy Kit is a figure in the EBK database.
As a reminder, NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to an official of Lviv customs and a carrier. According to the investigation, in April 2023, a customs officer facilitated the illegal movement of mobile phones, headphones, tablets, laptops, and monoblocks of various brands by a citizen of Ukraine in a truck at the international automobile checkpoint "Uhryniv-Dolhobychiv" without paying mandatory customs payments.
The customs officer entered false information into the automated customs clearance system "Inspector" that the vehicle transporting the specified products was "empty." As a result, goods totaling over UAH 15 million entered the territory of Ukraine without paying customs duties.
