Journalists verify assets of Kharkiv Customs head Tantserov

Head of Kharkiv Customs Andriy Tantserov uses expensive assets registered to close relatives. This became known from an investigation by the Anti-corruption Centre "MEZHA". The centre draws attention to the official's mother's apartment, as well as vehicles registered to his brother and father.

Inconsistency in housing value

In 2018, the customs officer's mother became the owner of a 101.3-square-metre apartment in the "Dim u Sokolnykh" residential complex in Kharkiv. The tax declaration lists the property's value as 1.44 million hryvnia. Meanwhile, according to market data from that period, the average price per square metre in this complex reached 24,750 hryvnia. This means that the actual estimated value of the apartment could have exceeded 2.5 million hryvnia, creating a difference of approximately 1.07 million hryvnia.

Starting from 2019, Tantserov himself, his wife and daughters list this address as their place of residence. A sole proprietor, who is the customs officer's daughter, is also registered there. The official's mother purchased two parking spaces in the same building. However, there is no evidence in open sources that she had the financial means for such expenses.

House in a garden association

Another object that raises doubts is a 72.2-square-metre house in the "Veterek" garden association in the village of Karavan in Kharkiv Oblast. Tantserov's wife purchased the land plot under it in May 2016 for 50,000 hryvnia. Analysis of satellite images shows that the building already existed on the plot in 2015, and in April 2017 it was officially put into operation. This indicates that construction or renovation work was carried out there in 2016–2017. However, in Tantserov's declarations for those years, the unfinished construction object is not listed, and the value of the completed house is also not specified.

Vehicles registered to relatives

A separate issue is a 2021 Audi Q7, the declared value of which is 2.6 million hryvnia. In November 2024, this vehicle was re-registered to Tantserov's brother under a gift agreement. Since that time, the customs officer himself has declared the right to use this car free of charge. Information about the brother's income, which could have afforded the purchase of such a vehicle, is not available in the public domain.

Previously, the customs head also used vehicles belonging to his father. A Toyota Avensis was initially registered to the father and later gifted to the son for 195,000 hryvnia. In 2018, Tantserov sold this car for 380,000 hryvnia. Also, since 2018, the customs officer has used a Skoda Kodiaq registered to his father. In the 2023 declaration, this vehicle disappears, instead Tantserov lists income from the sale of movable property in the amount of 800,000 hryvnia.

Journalists have already passed the collected materials for verification to the head of the State Customs Service, Orest Mandzia.