Pavlo Kyrylenko was arrested for corruption, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reported the suspicion of illegal enrichment of 56.2 million hryvnias to the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Pavlo Kyrylenka.
21 real estate objects and a luxury BMW X3 car were found in his possession. He acquired all this in 2020-2023, when he was the head of the Donetsk regional military administration.
He was informed of the suspicion of illegal enrichment of UAH 56.2 million and the declaration of unreliable information to the head of the Antimonopoly Committee, Pavlo Kyrylenko. From 2020 to 2023, Kyrylenko became the owner of 21 real estate objects and a luxury car, having registered everything in the name of his wife’s relatives,” the report says.
What is known about Pavlo Kyrylenka and the investigation into his corruption
Pavlo Kyrylenko headed the Donetsk state administration and the military-civilian administration of the Donetsk region from July 5, 2019 to September 5, 2023. He became the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on September 6, 2023. He was appointed to this position by the Verkhovna Rada. He is also a colonel of justice.
In March of this year, journalists of the Schema project (Radio Liberty) conducted an investigation, during which they discovered a significant increase in the fortunes of Pavlo Kyrylenka’s family. Pavlo Kyrylenko was arrested for corruption. Then it was about more than 70 million hryvnias.
What damage did Kirilenko cause to the state?
The total value of Kyrylenka’s assets is UAH 61.7 million. However, his family officially owned only 5.5 million hryvnias, and information about assets amounted to 56.2 million hryvnias. the official did not add to the declaration. In general, as noted, during his years as the head of Donbas, he acquired:
- 7 apartments in Kyiv and Uzhgorod with a total area of almost 700 square meters;
- a house of more than 220 square meters and 2 land plots near Kyiv;
- 2 garage boxes;
- 6 parking spaces;
- 3 non-residential premises with an area of more than 190 square meters;
- BMW X3 car.
SOURCES:
- https://informator.ua/ru/predsedatelyu-amku-kirilenko-vruchili-podozrenie-v-korrupcii-priobrel-mnozhestvo-dragocennostey-poka-rukovodil-donbasom
- https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2024/03/21/7447576/
- https://www.obozrevatel.com/ekonomika-glavnaya/fea/krupnyij-chinovnik-vo-vremya-vojnyi-nakupil-kvartir-i-lyuksovoe-avto-nazvano-imya.htm