A customs officer without property, and his wife with a BMW X6, cash in dollars, and real estate: NACP checked Bahatyrchuk’s declaration
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has identified violations in Mykhailo Bagatyrchuk’s declaration, which was made as head of the customs clearance department No. 3 of the “Ustylug” customs post. Inaccurate data was found, in particular, regarding his wife’s purchase of a BMW X6 car at a lower price than the market price, despite the absence of declared official income.
The official mistakenly wrote his wife’s name in English, indicating “Natalia” instead of “Nataliia.” He also did not declare his sons’ international passports, which made it difficult to identify family members.
In Bagatyrchuk’s declaration, no property was indicated in his name, all property was reflected in his wife: a house with an area of 114.6 sq. m in the village of Zarvantsy (Vinnytsia region), three land plots in the same town, in Berezyn and for rent in Kovel, two garages and an apartment in Kovel, which was purchased in 2022.
In 2022, Nataliya Bagatyrchuk, who had no official income, purchased a 2018 BMW X6. The total expenses amounted to about 1.6 million hryvnias, of which 575 thousand hryvnias were for housing, 212 thousand for a garage, and 800 thousand for a car. The market value of this car starts at 1.4 million hryvnias.
The family noted that cash savings covered the expenses for these purchases. However, according to the declarations, the wife’s cash volume decreased by 800 thousand hryvnias in two years, which raises questions about the sources of financing the purchase of a car. The agency received a vehicle inspection report indicating technical malfunctions, but the repair costs were not declared.
Natalia also actively used bank cards, replenishing one with almost 200 thousand hryvnias and receiving transfers for more than 1.4 thousand dollars and 461 thousand hryvnias. Her expenses for renting a Volkswagen Golf car remain unknown due to the loss of payment documents during the outbreak of the war.
The agency was unable to check her wife’s cash balance, which makes it difficult to assess the correspondence of expenses to available savings.
The structure of the family’s property assets remained unchanged in the 2024 declaration. Bahatyrchuk declared only his salary and a small amount of cash. Nataliya Bahatyrchuk, having registered as an individual entrepreneur in February 2024, received 933 thousand hryvnias of income, and her husband received 703 thousand hryvnias.
In her 2024 declaration, Natalia indicated $415,000, almost 1.9 million hryvnias in cash, and 300,000 hryvnias in bank accounts. Her husband recorded $28,000 and 12,000 hryvnias and a loan for $280,000 to Natalia.
The family lives in a 120 sq. m. apartment in Kovel, but Bahatyrchuk indicated he only uses it.
The NACP concluded that the declaration’s inaccuracies amounted to a little more than 9,000 hryvnias, so no grounds were found for initiating a case of illicit enrichment or unjustified assets. The customs officer limited himself to correcting the declaration.
