Ukraine's corruption police tie senior security officials to major criminal ring
Investigators say the network bribed officials to protect at least 52 scam call centers and laundered more than $111 million, NABU said.
- The National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced that senior security and law enforcement officials, including SBU employees, 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 scheme targeting both Ukrainians and foreigners.
- The National Police suspended officers under investigation while warning against "premature conclusions"; the SBU and Prosecutor General's office confirmed cooperation with the inquiry.
- 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 ranks 104th out of 182 countries on the Transparency International index.
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Ukraine's security service (SBU) said on Wednesday it had fired two high-ranking officials in connection with a large-scale anti-corruption probe into bogus call centers.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced on Wednesday the dismissal of two senior officials linked to an investigation by the anti-corruption agency into false service stations (call centers), a case that led to the escape of the country's attorney general in September. SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad, "has removed two senior SBU officials involved in an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Office (NABU)," the service reported on Teleg…
Yesterday Wednesday, the Ukrainian Internal Security Service (SPIU) dismissed two high-ranking officials of the Service, after having been named in an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Office, concerning suspicions of the involvement of officials in the protection of fraudulent call centres for bribes.
A case of a fraudulent call centre had led to the Ukrainian prosecutor general's flight in September The Ukrainian security services (SBU) announced on Wednesday the dismissal of two high-ranking officials.
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