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After hromadske’s investigation into the real estate and car of Maksym Kuterga’s family, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention began monitoring his lifestyle. The official 8 October 2026 year left the position of deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office. StopCor gathered what is known about the prosecutor’s career, his declarations, and his family’s property.
3 November 2026 year hromadske reported that the NAPC confirmed it had launched monitoring of Maksym Kuterga’s lifestyle. The agency was contacted by the civic organization “Anti-Corruption Headquarters” after the journalists’ investigation into the prosecutor’s family assets.
The NAPC noted that the monitoring is ongoing. Its goal is to determine whether the standard of living of the official and his family corresponds to their declared income.
It’s worth noting separately that 8 October 2026 year Maksym Kuterga was dismissed from the position of deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office. This was reported by Suspilne, citing the regional prosecutor’s office. At the same time, no official explanations for the personnel decision were provided. So there is currently no basis to assert that the dismissal is directly related to the journalistic investigation or the NAPC monitoring.
From the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the prosecutor’s office and the BEB: Maksym Kuterga’s career path
Maksym Kuterga worked in law enforcement for more than two decades. According to hromadske, in 2004–2015 years he served in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after which he moved to the prosecutor’s offices.
In 2019 year Kuterga failed the prosecutors’ attestation. The attestation commission then decided he was unfit for the position, and Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka dismissed him.
However, the official later appealed that decision in court. In the summer of 2020 year, the District Administrative Court of Kyiv ordered Kuterga reinstated and to be paid more than 300 thousand hryvnias for the period of forced absence.
In 2022 year he moved to the Bureau of Economic Security. In 2023 he headed the Territorial Department of the BEB in Kyiv region, and later became a deputy director of the Bureau. In spring 2025 year Kuterga temporarily performed the duties of BEB director, but he held that post for less than a month.
In September 2025 year he received a new appointment — he became deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Kuterga served in that position until 8 October 2026 year, when he was dismissed from the administrative post.
What does the prosecutor’s declaration show?
In the declaration for 2025 year, Maksym Kuterga listed his wife’s real estate in Pidhorci, a Porsche Cayenne, and multimillion income for the family.
Specifically, Anastasiia Kuterga owns a land plot of 658 sq. m, purchased in July 2024 year for 239 thousand hryvnias. An unfinished residential house is located on it, and the wife acquired the right to that house in August of the same year.
The declaration also lists a Porsche Cayenne, year 2019. The car was bought by his wife in April 2024 for 2,73 million hryvnias.
For 2025 year Maksym Kuterga himself declared over 2,3 million hryvnias in income. At the same time, his wife’s earnings from entrepreneurial activity amounted to over 5,45 million hryvnias.
Among the couple’s savings — 550 thousand hryvnias in cash held by the prosecutor and 1,45 million hryvnias in his wife’s possession, in addition to funds in bank accounts.
It was precisely the wife’s property — the house in Pidhorci and the Porsche — that earlier drew hromadske journalists’ attention. The NAPC is currently checking whether the family’s lifestyle corresponds to declared income.
The cottage in Pidhorci: what journalists found in the wife’s ownership
The prosecutor’s wife became the owner of a land plot of 6,5 ares in the Piemont Eco Village cottage community in Pidhorci in Kyiv region. In the documents the land’s price was 239 353 hryvnias.
However, journalists were struck not only by the purchase itself. A two-story house of about 170 square meters was already located on the plot. At the same time, construction documents showed work had begun as early as August 2023 — almost a year before Kuterga’s wife bought the land.
By a realtor’s estimate, a similar house with the plot could cost from 250 thousand dollars. Journalists estimated the total market value of the assets acquired by the family at about 325 thousand dollars.
The prosecutor’s office explained to journalists that funds for purchasing the land plot were received by Kuterga’s wife from her entrepreneurial activity. At the same time she registered as a sole proprietor only in July 2024.
Mother-in-law’s real estate: three properties over a few years
Journalists paid special attention to the property of the prosecutor’s wife’s mother — Nataliia Suntsova. According to the investigation, over several years she acquired rights to three real estate objects.
These include a townhouse of about 113 square meters in the Nova Koncha-Zaspa cottage community in Khodosivka, registered in 2019. In 2020 a flat of 41 square meters in the Comfort Town residential complex appeared in her ownership, and in 2024 another flat of 48 square meters in the Zarychnyi residential complex.
Realtors interviewed by journalists valued these properties at tens and even over a hundred thousand dollars each — depending on area, condition, and location.
According to hromadske, Nataliia Suntsova worked as a pharmacy manager. Journalists tried to establish the source of funds used to purchase the real estate but were unable to obtain explanations.
Could Kuterga be reinstated in government service again?
Maksym Kuterga’s career already included a court-ordered reinstatement. In 2019 year, after failing attestation he was dismissed from the prosecutor’s office, but later the court obliged his reinstatement.
Now the official is again in the spotlight due to questions about his family’s wealth. The NAPC continues to monitor his lifestyle, and the results of the check may be significant for further assessment of whether the assets correspond to declared income.
Whether new personnel decisions will follow and whether Kuterga will try to return to a post in the prosecutor’s office is still unknown. StopCor will follow the progress of the check and subsequent developments.
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