The High Anti-Corruption Court released the head of the Antimonopoly Committee, Pavlo Kyrylenko, on bail of UAH 30 million. He is suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 56.2 million and declaring false information.
The Anti-Corruption Action Center, where they listened to all the sessions of the VAKS, during which they chose a measure of restraint for the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, selected the most interesting moments.
The Central Bank writes: Kirilenko’s father-in-law explained that in 1991 he inherited something, and that he and his friends “had a business with buses and taxis,” but his main income came from currency exchange offices.
In addition, Alexander Matienko allegedly earned 300 thousand dollars from the raspberry trade alone. Even during the hearings, they talked about the “squeezed” point of sale of video equipment and participation in a financial pyramid. True, the money was allegedly invested in hryvnias and subsequently burned, but in the end, as the SAP prosecutor notes, there was more of it. And in dollars.
Let us recall that the head of the AMCU and the former chairman of the Donetsk OVA are suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 56.2 million and declaring false information. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
According to the investigation, Kirilenko, while holding the post of head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration during 2020-2023, acquired 21 real estate properties. At the same time, he transferred all the property to his wife’s relatives. The total value of the assets is UAH 61.7 million. Moreover, neither Kirilenko and his wife nor their relatives had that kind of money.
Among such property:
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7 apartments in elite residential complexes in Kyiv and Uzhgorod, with a total area of 688.5 square meters;
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house over 220 square meters and 2 land plots near Kiev;
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2 garage boxes;
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6 parking spaces;
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3 non-residential premises with a total area of over 190 square meters;
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BMW X3 car.
During the interrogation of Kirilenko’s father-in-law, he explained the origin of his funds in the following way: in 1991, Matienko inherited something, and he and his friends also had a business with buses and taxis, but his main profit was from currency exchange offices. After the family moved to Uzhgorod, Matienko did not want the money to just lie around, and he and his family bought 4 apartments and 4 parking spaces in a new building.
According to him, they bought everything with the money earned by him and his wife. If you believe this version, Matienko earned 300 thousand dollars from the raspberry trade alone. This money was invested in apartments in Uzhgorod.
Kirilenko’s defense, in turn, claimed that the suspicion was unfounded, that the relatives had bought all the property with their own or borrowed money. And they had bought new iPhones because someone had tried to break their phones.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has already announced that it does not agree with the decision on 30 million bail and will file an appeal.
Source: Racurs
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