NACP starts checking assets of Odesa prosecutor

The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has started monitoring the lifestyle of Andriy Svatko, the head of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The NAPC announced the start of the monitoring in response to an appeal from Tysnya (Bihus.Info) lawyers.

The issue is the significant wealth of his family and the use of expensive property that cannot be explained by the official income that journalists have previously revealed. In particular, two apartments, a parking space and a Range Rover at prices, according to journalists, significantly lower than market prices. For example, the apartment in the center of Kyiv allegedly cost the prosecutor almost 50% off. At the same time, the journalists also had doubts about the sources of funds for the Svatko family's purchase of two apartments in a clubhouse in the center of Kyiv.

Therefore, the publication appealed to the NACP with a statement about the possible discrepancy between the prosecutor's standard of living and the wealth he and his family have.

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Andriy Svatok explained to journalists that one of his grandfathers worked as the director of a state-owned sugar factory, which was later privatized. After his death, the money went to his grandmother, and from her to the prosecutor. The other grandmother, according to the prosecutor, together with her husband, owned the land they sold, which is how she allegedly received the savings. However, the prosecutor could not recall either the location of these plots or their characteristics.

As for the origin of his wife's money for the apartment in the clubhouse, Andrii Svatok simply noted that she had declared funds for the purchase of real estate - in the declaration for 2019, when Alla Svatok first appeared as a member of the declarant's family, about $200,000 in cash was indicated. However, the prosecutor could not explain the origin of these funds.

Кирило Бойко