At the center of a new anti-corruption scandal is former military prosecutor Denis Chehunov, who left for Slovakia after a long career in the prosecutor's office. The investigation shows that during his years of service, the official's family accumulated luxury real estate, hundreds of hectares of land and significant financial assets, as well as created an extensive network of businesses that were not fully reflected in his declarations.
Chehunov began his career in the early 2000s in the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, later worked as a transport prosecutor, and in 2015 he headed the Department of Procedural Management of the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office. In parallel with his career growth, his family's fortune also grew rapidly.
One of the most resonant finds in the declarations was an elite penthouse in a new building in Pechersk, on Staronavodnytska Street, 4v. The official owner is the prosecutor's mother, Nina Chekhunova. In 2014, she purchased an apartment with an area of 137 square meters for 4.1 million hryvnias, as well as a parking space, which cost 284 thousand. The prosecutor himself received the right to use this property and entered it in his declaration.
Chekhunov also owned a country estate in the village of Korotych near Kharkiv with an area of 515 square meters. The prosecutor's wife, Karina Reshta, has her own apartment in Kharkiv, but its location could not be established. Instead, the register found non-residential premises with a total area of 9,206 square meters, which were previously registered to Karina Reshta and changed owners in 2017–2018. These objects should have been declared, because at that time she still remained the owner.
What does the prosecutor's wife, who declared high incomes but did not indicate any companies, do? The investigation showed that Karina Reshta was an individual entrepreneur, as well as the founder or co-owner of at least five companies - from the farm "IVOLGA" to the construction company "Ligabudservis" and the agricultural company "Fauna". The prosecutor's relatives also participated in these companies: her mother, brother Valentyn Chehunov and his son - Mykola Chehunov, who today also works in the military prosecutor's office.
The Chehunov family owns a significant amount of real estate. The prosecutor's brother has two houses in Kharkiv - one with an area of 169 square meters, the other - over 600. The official's father owns a house in Korotych with an area of 545 square meters and an apartment of 185 square meters. His declaration also lists two Toyota Camry cars, one of which was purchased for only 10 thousand hryvnias, which raises additional questions. The parents' savings amount to 1.7 million hryvnias and 96 thousand dollars.
The prosecutor's mother owns a whole network of enterprises — from the Sniper hunting farm, which leases 4,127 hectares of land, to the companies Malyuk 1, Malyuk 2, Malyuk 3, NVN, and Yaruga 1. The scale of the family's business assets significantly exceeds what the prosecutor himself officially declared.
After the inspections and journalistic investigations began, Denys Chehunov left for Slovakia, where he remains to this day. Questions about the completeness of his declarations, the origin of his assets, and a possible conflict of interest remain open — and are expected to be the subject of attention by regulatory authorities.
