The NABU-SAPO accuse Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and former head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, of illicit enrichment exceeding UAH 72 million and failure to declare assets, and his wife, Alla Kyrylenko, of acting as an accomplice in illicit enrichment

According to the investigation, while serving as head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko became the owner of assets whose value significantly exceeds his lawful income.

Specifically, the case concerns the following property worth over UAH 72 million:

• 7 apartments in Kyiv and Uzhhorod with a total area of 688.5 sq.m;
• house near Kyiv with an area of more than 220 sq.m;
• 2 garage boxes;
• 6 parking spaces;
• 3 non-residential premises with a total area of more than 190 sq.m;
• BMW X3 car;
• 2 land plots.

However, law enforcement reports indicate that the combined official income of Pavlo Kyrylenko and his wife from 2020 to 2023 was just over UAH 4.7 million. The NABU investigation began after Radio Liberty journalists published their report in March 2024, highlighting potential illegal enrichment by the Kyrylenko family.

The head of the AMCU registered all the property under the names of his wife's parents, Oleksandr and Nataliia Matiienko. According to the prosecutor, these relatives could not have afforded to purchase these assets, which were, in fact, used by Kyrylenko himself.

According to the investigation, Pavlo Kyrylenko involved his relatives in these actions: his wife, as well as her parents and grandmother, who bought up property on his instructions. It was Alla Kyrylenko who was allegedly responsible for searching for, selecting, and acquiring the assets, as well as registering ownership in other people's names. Meanwhile, the Kyrylenko couple retained the de facto right to dispose of the properties.

For instance, Alla Kyrylenko paid a deposit for a four-room apartment with an area of 191.2 sq m and stated that she would register it in the name of another trusted person, her grandmother Albina Vinnikova.

Later, Alla Kyrylenko found a garden house with a land plot and agreed with its owner on the purchase. According to the documents, the house and plot were bought by Alla Kyrylenko's father, Oleksandr Matiienko. He later bought another adjacent land plot, and subsequently also property rights to three apartments in the Resident Park residential complex and three parking spaces.

Alla Kyrylenko's mother, Nataliia Matiienko, bought two garage boxes and a 2020 BMW X3 despite not even having a driver's license; in fact, the car was used by the official's wife herself. On the Kyrylenkos' instructions, Alla's mother also bought property rights to another apartment in the Resident Park residential complex and a parking space.

According to the investigation, Pavlo Kyrylenko involved his relatives in these actions: his wife, as well as her parents and grandmother, who bought up property on his instructions. It was Alla Kyrylenko who was allegedly responsible for searching for, selecting, and acquiring the assets, as well as registering ownership in other people's names. Meanwhile, the Kyrylenko couple retained the de facto right to dispose of the properties.

For instance, Alla Kyrylenko paid a deposit for a four-room apartment with an area of 191.2 sq m and stated that she would register it in the name of another trusted person, her grandmother Albina Vinnikova.

Later, Alla Kyrylenko found a garden house with a land plot and agreed with its owner on the purchase. According to the documents, the house and plot were bought by Alla Kyrylenko's father, Oleksandr Matiienko. He later bought another adjacent land plot, and subsequently also property rights to three apartments in the Resident Park residential complex and three parking spaces.

Alla Kyrylenko's mother, Nataliia Matiienko, bought two garage boxes and a 2020 BMW X3 despite not even having a driver's license; in fact, the car was used by the official's wife herself. On the Kyrylenkos' instructions, Alla's mother also bought property rights to another apartment in the Resident Park residential complex and a parking space.

According to the investigation, Alla Kyrylenko also found, inspected, and agreed on the terms of purchase of real estate in the Obolon Plaza residential complex (two apartments, two parking spaces, and an office), again involving her mother and grandmother in these transactions. The office, worth over UAH 11 million, was purchased in the name of the grandmother, who on the same day gifted it to her daughter, Alla’s mother.

To minimize the risk of exposure and avoid state financial monitoring, the contracts of sale indicated significantly understated prices. For example, apartments in Uzhhorod were purchased at prices undervalued by 7-8 times, while parking spaces were bought for more than 30 times less.

Thus, from January 3, 2020, to May 30, 2023, Pavlo Kyrylenko, with the assistance of his wife Alla as an accomplice, acquired movable and immovable property worth over UAH 72 million in total by registering it in the names of her parents and grandmother.

In addition to illicit enrichment, the head of the AMCU is suspected of inaccurate declaration: he failed to disclose the acquired property in his declarations for 2020–2024. In his 2023 declaration, Pavlo Kyrylenko disclosed only part of the property, namely the apartment where he lives, but did not declare the BMW.

Pavlo Kyrylenko's actions are classified under Article 368-5 and Article 366-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The actions of his wife, Alla Kyrylenko, are classified under Article 27(5) in conjunction with Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The property whose acquisition is imputed to Pavlo Kyrylenko has now been seized to secure special forfeiture.

Pavlo Kyrylenko is a lawyer by training. He worked in the prosecution service of Ukraine for 11 years. In 2019, he was appointed head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration and head of the military-civil administration, and in 2023 he became head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Notably, on June 21, 2024, the President of Ukraine appointed Kyrylenko as a member of the delegation to participate in negotiations on Ukraine's EU accession.

Kyrylenko traveled abroad twice in 2024 in his capacity as head of the AMCU.

The case was investigated in two criminal proceedings. The first concerned Pavlo Kyrylenko's illicit enrichment and failure to declare assets in 2021–2023. The second concerned Kyrylenko's failure to declare assets in 2024 and the suspicion against Alla Kyrylenko of acting as an accomplice in her husband's illicit enrichment. The first case was sent to court in July 2025 and the second in October, but the court later decided to join the two criminal proceedings into a single case. The decision was based on the identical factual circumstances of the cases and the almost complete overlap of the witness lists.