Ukraine’s Anti-Graft Police Target Senior Officials in Major Fraud Probe
Investigators say senior security and law enforcement officials took bribes to shield a call-centre fraud that targeted Ukrainians and foreigners.
- On Wednesday, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced that senior security and law enforcement officials, including employees of the SBU and National Police, are suspected of shielding a major call centre fraud scheme.
- This ongoing probe forced the resignation of former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko in September after authorities accused a subordinate of helping run the ring, which targeted both Ukrainians and foreigners.
- The National Police suspended the officers under investigation while warning against "premature conclusions," and the SBU confirmed it was cooperating with the probe.
- Separately, the NABU completed its investigation into a wartime money-laundering scheme involving state energy enterprise Energoatom, where organizers allegedly laundered over $111 million and 12 million euros.
- Ukraine's efforts to join the European Union rely on tackling high-level corruption, as the nation currently ranks 104th out of 182 countries on the Transparency International index.
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Anti-corruption investigators in Ukraine said on Wednesday that they have reason to believe that high-ranking security and law enforcement officials have been involved in the cover-up of a scale fraud scheme, which is at the centre of a new investigation in progress, Reuters reports.
Ukraine’s anti-graft police target senior officials in major fraud probe
By Dan Peleschuk Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday they believed senior security and law enforcement officials were involved in covering up a major fraud scheme at the centre of an expanding new probe. Top emp...
Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities said on Wednesday that they believe senior security and law enforcement officials systematically accepted bribes to help cover up the activities of fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses.
Ukraine's anti-graft police target senior officials in major fraud probe
Nov 4 - Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday they believed senior security and law enforcement officials were involved in covering up a major fraud scheme at the centre of an expanding new probe. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The investigations are conducted in a number of criminal proceedings on the morning of Wednesday, 4 November, NAB and SAP are conducting searches of SBU personnel, as reported by RBK-Ukraine with reference to a statement by the press service of the SBU. "Today morning, NAB and SAP are conducting searches of Ukrainian security officers, these investigations are taking place within the framework of a number of criminal proceedings and relevant cou…
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) conducted a search of the head of the Directorate-General of Internal Security of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Anton Kravchuk, as reported by the Ukrainian media.
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