Kirilenko case: NABU completes investigation into enrichment of the AMCU head
10 December 08:18
The NABU and the SAPO have completed an investigation into the suspicion of Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, of illegal enrichment of UAH 72.1 million and declaring false information. This was reported by the NABU press service, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
In 2020-2023, the suspect, while serving as the head of the regional state administration, acquired 21 properties and a luxury car, registering the property in the names of his wife’s relatives.
These are:
- 7 apartments in Kyiv and Uzhhorod with a total area of 688.5 sq. m;
- a house near Kyiv with an area of more than 220 square meters and 2 land plots;
- 2 garage boxes;
- 6 parking spaces;
- 3 non-residential premises with a total area of over 190 square meters;
- a BMW X3 car.
At the same time, the difference between the value of this property and the available funds (income, savings) of the official and his wife amounted to UAH 72.1 million.
What Pavlo Kyrylenko is accused of
Kyrylenko was served with a notice of suspicion on August 14. He is accused of illicit enrichment of UAH 56.2 million and declaring false information.
According to the investigation, in 2020-2023, the suspect, while holding the position of the head of the regional state administration, acquired 21 properties and a luxury car, registering the property in the names of his wife’s relatives.
At the same time, the difference between the value of this property and the available funds (income, savings) of the official and his wife amounted to UAH 56.2 million.
In addition, the suspect did not indicate the acquired property in the declarations of a person authorized to perform state functions for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Detectives and prosecutors launched the investigation after a journalistic investigation by Radio Liberty was published.
In March of this year, Skhemy reported that Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, who previously headed the regional military administration of Donetsk Oblast, and his family had purchased real estate worth UAH 70 million.
A few days later, the SAPO and the NABU began to investigate how the official had acquired these assets.
Pavlo Kyrylenko was appointed by the Verkhovna Rada as the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) in September last year.
What is known about Pavlo Kyrylenko
Since July 5, 2019, Kyrylenko has been the head of Donetsk Regional State Administration (RSA). Since September 22, 2017, he has worked as a military prosecutor of the Uzhhorod garrison in the Western region of Ukraine.
He has been working in the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine since July 2008.
During his 11 years of service, he consistently held the following positions: assistant prosecutor, department prosecutor, deputy prosecutor, prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, and head of the Investigation Department.
