The head of the AMCU, Pavel Kirilenko, wanted to go to Paris for events of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) refused him.
The court did the same, says journalist Oleg Novikov, who monitors the work of anti-corruption authorities.
The defense argued that it is the AMCU that is obliged to represent Ukraine in the OECD, and Kirilenko received a personal invitation. Prime Minister Denis Shmigal approved the business trip (December 2-6).
However, VAKS judge Lesya Fedorak refused to temporarily lift the restriction. She indicated that according to the law on the AMCU, deputy chairmen must be responsible for international relations, that is, Kirilenko’s participation is not necessary, and the invitation is due to the fact that Ukraine itself previously provided a list of those who would be from the country. In addition, Kirilenko himself probably initiated the business trip before Shmygal, otherwise the latter would not have considered it.
Background
Last week, SAPO prosecutors and NABU detectives completed a pre-trial investigation into the case of the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine Pavel Kirilenko. Now he is suspected of lying in the declaration and illegal enrichment of more than 72 million UAH, and not 56 million UAH, as it was before – Anti-Corruption Center.
According to the investigation, from 2020 to 2023, Kirilenko became the owner of 21 real estate properties and luxury cars, transferring everything to his wife’s relatives.
Among the acquired property:
- seven apartments in Kyiv and Uzhgorod with a total area of almost 700 square meters;
- a house of more than 220 square meters and 2 plots of land near Kyiv;
- two garage boxes;
- six parking spaces;
- three non-residential premises with an area of more than 190 square meters;
- BMW X3 car.
The total value of assets amounted to UAH 72.8 million, some of them were acquired at a price significantly lower than the market price. At the same time, the legal income of the official and his family did not allow such acquisitions.
Let us remind you that Kirilenko paid a bail of 30 million UAH and was released. According to the SAPS, Kirilenko tried to distort evidence and obstructed the investigation.
In particular, we are talking about correspondence that was found on the phone of Bortnitskaya, an ex-judge of the Pechersk court associated with Oleg Tatarov, which contained recommendations for clearing data on phones.
Source: Racurs
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