Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Bureau Says a Scam Call Centre Ring Ran From the Prosecutor's Office
- On September 4, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office launched an operation targeting a criminal organization allegedly headed by an official at the Prosecutor General's Office involved in protecting fraudulent call centers.
- Fraudulent call centers have become a major criminal problem in Ukraine, with authorities shutting down around 340 centers and conducting more than 1,050 searches over the past 12 months, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.
- Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the Prosecutor General's Office's Department of International Legal Cooperation, was detained by investigators; he previously served in the Cyber Police and Odesa Regional State Administration, according to reports from Ukrainska Pravda.
- More than 183 people have been notified of suspicion in related cases, with 93 indictments sent to court, while the Prosecutor General's Office said the employee under investigation will be suspended during the pre-trial process.
- Anti-Corruption authorities continue to examine 147 criminal proceedings linked to the network's activity, and the Prosecutor General's Office stated it would provide all required assistance to ensure an objective legal assessment.
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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have uncovered a criminal organization operating in the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office as part of Operation Carthage. The operation was aimed at stopping fraudulent call centers. Several people have been caught up in its network, and according to the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko…
Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau says a scam call centre ring ran from the prosecutor's office
Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have moved against a criminal organisation they say is headed by an official of the Prosecutor General's Office and protects a network of scam call centres.
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies, NABU and SAPO, published audio recordings of people involved in Operation Carthage, which aimed to shut down illegal call centers that were defrauding citizens of Ukraine and European countries. The call centers were allegedly protected by law enforcement structur...
NABU and SAP exposed the scheme of obtaining illegal benefits from fraudulent call centers and legalizing property for tens of millions of hryvnias. An official of the Prosecutor General's Office is probably involved in the organization of the transaction. This was reported to NABU. According to the investigation, one of the heads of the structural units of the OGP created and headed the criminal organization in mid-2025. He attracted current em…
At present, the law enforcement agencies have discovered five participants in a criminal organization, whose actions have been pre-qualified under two articles of the Criminal Code.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGOU) has officially denied the information that searches were conducted at the Prosecutor General’s Office Ruslan Kravchenko’s residence. According to a statement by the press secretary of the PGOU, Mariana Gayovska, given to the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper, no investigative actions were carried out either in the office or at the home of the Prosecutor General. However, according to internal sources of…
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