Case description
The NABU and SAPO accuse the Head of the AMCU, Pavlo Kyrylenko, of failure to declare assets in 2024, and his wife Alla Kyrylenko of aiding and abetting her husband’s illegal enrichment.
In July 2025, the case against Pavlo Kyrylenko, whom SAPO accuses of illegal enrichment amounting to over UAH 72 million and false asset declaration for the years 2020–2023, was referred to court. Read more about this case here.
According to the investigation, while serving as Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko gained the ability to acquire assets whose value significantly exceeded his lawful income. He decided to take possession of part of these assets by purchasing them in the names of other individuals acting on his instructions while retaining actual control over them. To carry out this scheme, he involved his wife. She was responsible for identifying, selecting, and purchasing the assets, as well as registering ownership in the names of her parents (the Matiienko couple) and grandmother, who were unaware of the true source of the funds.
Alla Kyrylenko located the desired real estate and contacted the sellers. She then involved her relatives in the transactions, directing their actions.
For example, she paid a deposit for a four-room apartment with an area of 191.2 m², informing the seller that it would be registered in the name of her grandmother as a trusted person.
The following month, Alla Kyrylenko identified a garden house with a land plot and agreed on its purchase with the owner. According to the documents, the buyer was her father. Later, he also acquired another adjacent land plot, as well as property rights to three apartments and three parking spaces in the Resident Park residential complex.
Her mother purchased two garage boxes and a 2020 BMW X3, although she did not hold a driver’s license — the vehicle was in fact used by Alla Kyrylenko herself. The mother also acquired property rights to another apartment and a parking space in Resident Park on behalf of the Kyrylenko family.
Alla Kyrylenko further found, inspected, and negotiated the purchase of real estate in Obolon Plaza (two apartments, two parking spaces, and an office), again involving her mother and grandmother. 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.
Between January 3, 2020, and May 30, 2023, Pavlo Kyrylenko, with the assistance of his wife, acquired ownership (registered in the names of her parents and grandmother) of movable and immovable assets worth over UAH 72 million. In his 2019 asset declaration, Pavlo Kyrylenko indicated only UAH 300,000 in cash and USD 20,000 (equivalent to approximately UAH 473,000) belonging to his wife.
Thus, as of January 3, 2020, the couple’s total legitimate assets amounted to slightly over UAH 773,000.
Their lawful income from 2020 to mid-2023 totaled over UAH 4.7 million, while their expenses amounted to UAH 4.8 million.
The difference between the value of the acquired assets and Kyrylenko’s lawful income for the period January 3, 2020 – May 30, 2023, equals UAH 72.1 million.
The actions of Alla Kyrylenko are classified under Article 27(5) and Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The actions of Pavlo Kyrylenko are classified under Article 368-5(2) and Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
During her appeal against the bail amount of UAH 9 million, Alla Kyrylenko claimed that her father had legitimate sources of income sufficient to purchase the properties.
