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Analyzing the declarations of Ukrainian officials, journalists found dozens of cases where the prices for cars listed in documents differed from market prices by several times. Among them are, in particular, law enforcement officers, tax officials, and staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers.
This is stated in the Bihus.Info investigation.
Recent Toyota Land Cruisers, Audi Q8, Mercedes-Benz e400, and other premium cars which, according to the declarations of their new owners, cost from 49 to 400 thousand hryvnias. Meanwhile, similar models on the secondary market are sold for tens of thousands of dollars.
For example, Andriy Bondarenko – a leading engineer for occupational safety, civil protection, and mobilization at the State Employment Service, in September 2025 became the owner of a Toyota Camry 2023, year of manufacture. The stated price is 240 thousand hryvnias. This was revealed in his wife Natalia Bondarenko’s declaration; she holds the position of Chief State Inspector of the Bank and Financial Institutions Verification Department of the State Tax Service.
Journalists managed to find an archival listing for sale of this Camry – in September last year the car was being sold for 24 thousand dollars, which is far above the price listed in the declaration.
Wife of the operative of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, Konstantin Konush. At the end of 2023 year, Oksana Konush bought a Toyota RAV4 2022 manufactured in 50 for 30-35 thousand dollars. At the same time, similar cars today are sold for about ⟦KEEP_L⟧-⟦KEEP_M⟧ thousand US dollars.
In a conversation with Bihus.Info, Konush stated that she was able to purchase the car due to her experience in the automotive sector and her connections.
“I work in the automotive sector. I have friends who know about this. If you want, we can look for something for you as well, negotiate, think of something, if there are questions. But you have to be prepared that you’ll need to work for a while and invest in this car,” Konush commented.
More stories about “lucky” officials who managed to grab premium cars for scooter prices — see the Bihus.Info YouTube channel.
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