Supreme Court to Review SAPO Appeal Over Tax Official’s BMW
The Supreme Court is ready to consider the complaint of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office against the refusal to confiscate the luxury car of Natalia Bendas, head of the tax audit department of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Ivano-Frankivsk region, which is registered to her relative.
As is known, the SAPO filed a lawsuit to confiscate the car of the head of the Department of the Main Directorate of State Tax Service in the Ivano-Frankivsk region Bednas. This is a BMW iX M60 car worth almost UAH 2.8 million, which is actually owned by the tax official's family, but which is registered to the husband of the official's niece. According to the prosecutor's office, in 2022, a relative of Bendas purchased a BMW iX M60 car worth UAH 2.77 million. Later, in Poland, he issued a power of attorney for the tax official's husband. In the future, only Bendas and her husband used the car.
The High Anti-Corruption Court refused to confiscate the car. The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court left this decision unchanged. Therefore, the SAPO prosecutor filed a cassation appeal against this decision.
The case on the cassation appeal of the SAPO prosecutor against the decision of the HACC dated June 26, 2025 and the resolution of the HACC dated October 22, 2025 shall be assigned for consideration by a panel of five judges in a simplified claim proceeding without notification of the participants in the case based on the materials available in it.
Let us remind you that Natalia Bendas is a figurehead of the EBK base.
