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After hromadske’s investigation into the real estate and car of Maksym Kuterha’s family, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) began monitoring his lifestyle. The official 8 October 2026 left the post of deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
This is reported by "StopKor."
3 November 2026 hromadske reported that the NACP confirmed it was conducting a lifestyle monitoring of Maksym Kuterha. The agency was approached by the public organization "Anti-Corruption Headquarters" after the journalists’ investigation into the prosecutor’s family assets.
The NACP 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 incomes.
It is worth noting separately that 8 October 2026 Maksym Kuterha was dismissed from the post 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. Therefore, there is currently no basis to assert that the dismissal is directly related to the journalistic investigation or the NACP monitoring.
From the Interior Ministry to the prosecutor’s office and the SEB: Maksym Kuterha’s career path
Maksym Kuterha worked in law-enforcement agencies for more than two decades. According to hromadske, in 2004–2015 he served in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after which he moved to the prosecutor’s office.
In 2019 Kuterha failed the prosecutors’ attestation. The attestation commission then decided he did not meet the requirements of his position, and Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka dismissed him.
However, the official later appealed this decision in court. In the summer of 2020 the Kyiv District Administrative Court ordered Kuterha reinstated and to be paid more than 300 thousand hryvnias for the period of forced absence.
In 2022 he moved to the State Service of Economic Security (SEB). In 2023 he headed the Territorial Department of the SEB in Kyiv region, and later became a deputy director of the Bureau. In the spring of 2025 Kuterha temporarily performed the duties of SEB director, but served in that role for less than a month.
In September 2025 he received a new appointment — he became deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office. He held that post until 8 October 2026, when he was dismissed from the administrative position.
What does the prosecutor’s declaration show?
In the declaration for 2025 Maksym Kuterha listed his wife’s real estate in Pidhirtsi, a Porsche Cayenne, and million-hryvnia family incomes.
In particular, Anastasiia Kuterha owns a land plot of 658 sq. m, purchased in July 2024 for 239 thousand hryvnias. An unfinished residential building is located on it, the right to which the prosecutor’s wife acquired in August of the same year.
The declaration also lists a Porsche Cayenne, model year 2019. The car was purchased by his wife in April 2024 for 2,73 million hryvnias.
For 2025 Kuterha himself declared more than 2,3 million hryvnias in income. At the same time, his wife’s earnings from entrepreneurial activity amounted to more than 5,45 million hryvnias.
Among the couple’s savings are 550 thousand hryvnias in cash held by the prosecutor and 1,45 million hryvnias held by his wife, in addition to funds in bank accounts.
It was the wife’s property — the house in Pidhirtsi and the Porsche — that earlier drew hromadske journalists’ attention. The NACP is currently checking whether the family’s lifestyle corresponds to their declared incomes.
Cottage in Pidhirtsi: what journalists found in the wife’s ownership
The prosecutor’s wife became the owner of a land plot of 6,5 sotkas in the Piemont Eco Village cottage community in Pidhirtsi, Kyiv region. In the documents the land’s value was 239 353 hryvnias.
However, journalists’ attention was drawn not only by the purchase of the plot itself. There was already a two-story house of about 170 square meters on the plot. At the same time, construction documents showed that work began in August 2023 — almost a year before Kuterha’s wife bought the land.
According to a realtor’s estimate, a similar house with the land 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 told journalists that the funds for the land purchase were received by Kuterha’s wife from entrepreneurial activity. At the same time, she registered as an individual entrepreneur only in July 2024.
Mother-in-law’s real estate: three properties over several years
Journalists paid separate attention to the property of the prosecutor’s wife’s mother — Nataliia Suntsova. According to the investigation, over several years she obtained 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 meter appeared in her ownership in the Comfort Town residential complex; and in 2024 another flat of 48 square meters in the "Zarychnyi" residential complex.
Realtors consulted by journalists estimated the value of these properties at tens and even over a hundred thousand dollars each — depending on size, condition, and location.
According to hromadske, Nataliia Suntsova worked as a pharmacy manager. Journalists tried to determine the source of funds for the property purchases but were unable to obtain explanations.
Could Kuterha be reinstated in the agencies again?
Kuterha’s career already included a court-ordered reinstatement. In 2019, after failing attestation, he was dismissed from the prosecutor’s office, but the court later ordered his reinstatement.
Now the official is again in the spotlight because of questions about his family’s property. The NACP continues to monitor his lifestyle, and the results of the check could be important for further assessment of whether the assets correspond to declared incomes.
Whether new personnel decisions will appear and whether Kuterha will try to return to a position in the prosecutor’s office again is currently unknown. StopKor will follow the progress of the investigation and further developments.
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