The High Anti-Corruption Court has confiscated 8.3 million hryvnias from the family of the deputy chief of the Kyiv police
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has upheld the decision on the civil forfeiture of assets belonging to the family of Taras Polienko, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv, reports Kurazh.
Over 8.3 million hryvnias are to be transferred to state ownership.
This includes the value of a two-storey penthouse measuring 220 square metres in the ‘Zarechny’ residential complex in Kyiv, the proceeds from its sale, and two parking spaces in the same building.
The Appeals Chamber ruled to transfer the value of the penthouse, amounting to over 3.3 million hryvnias, to the state.
The ruling also covers the 4.9 million hryvnias received from the sale of this property.
Furthermore, the case involves two parking spaces in the “Zarechny” residential complex.
The total amount of the confiscation exceeded 8.3 million hryvnias.
The Appeals Chamber partially upheld the appeal lodged by Polienko, his mother-in-law and father-in-law.
The court corrected an arithmetic error regarding the initial value of the flat – from 3.6 million UAH to 3.3 million UAH.
Oleg Makar, a prosecutor with the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, stated that the prosecution had expected precisely this decision.
“We expected the panel of judges to reach precisely this decision. We are also prepared for a possible appeal by the defendants,” Makar told journalists.
According to him, once the full text of the ruling is received by the leadership of the Kyiv National Police, Polienko is to be dismissed from his post in accordance with Part 2 of Article 65 of the Law “On the Prevention of Corruption”.
The basis for the lawsuit was the findings of the “Schemes” investigation.
In autumn 2024, journalists established that Taras Polienko’s family was living in a flat registered in the name of his mother-in-law, Valentina Tkachenko.
According to the investigation, since 1998 she had officially declared only 100 UAH in income.
Her pension amounted to around 3,000 UAH per month.
The penthouse is located in the “Zarechny” business-class residential complex in Kyiv.
It has a floor area of 220 square metres.
Following the publication of the investigation, the family sold the flat for over 8.3 million UAH.
According to “Schemes”, this sum was twice the initial value of the property.
In court, the Polienko family explained the origin of the funds as coming from business activities – the sale of flowers and the resale of minibuses.
The official’s wife also claimed that their “Volga” was “equivalent in value to a residential flat in Kyiv”.
However, according to the report, no official confirmation of such commercial activity was found in the declarations of his mother-in-law and father-in-law.
In November 2025, the High Anti-Corruption Court partially upheld the SAPO’s claim regarding the civil forfeiture of the Polienko family’s assets.
At that time, the court ruled to confiscate the value of the penthouse, the proceeds from its sale, and two parking spaces for the state.
In February 2026, it emerged that Polienko, his mother-in-law and father-in-law had appealed against this decision to the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court.
Journalists contacted Taras Polienko and his lawyer Bohdan Smoliy to ask for their comments on the court’s final ruling.
At the time of publication, they had not received a response.
As reported by ThePublic, the High Anti-Corruption Court extended the duties of three individuals involved in the Fistal case.
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