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Scandals involving Kovalskyi. There are few of them, only two. The story of prosecutor Anton Vendel
In the summer of 2026, a scandal erupted around Anton Vendel, a prosecutor in the Khmelnytskyi regional prosecutor's office.
Regional media published allegations that Vendel posted intimate content online and sent sexually charged messages to female court employees; some of the material, it was claimed, may have been filmed in an office. According to those reports, the court employees complained to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The connection to Kovalskyi is a personnel decision: on 3 July 2026 he transferred Vendel from the regional prosecutor's office to the Letychiv district prosecutor's office. After the ensuing public scandal, Vendel was dismissed on 9 July. His declaration does indeed confirm that after the transfer he was listed as a prosecutor in the Letychiv district prosecutor's office.
The publications suggested that the initial transfer was an attempt to "sweep the matter under the rug," but I did not find an official disciplinary decision that would establish such a motive on Kovalskyi's part. So the established facts here are the transfer and then Vendel's dismissal; the motives for the transfer remain a journalistic interpretation.
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This is a more serious story, especially in light of the current crisis around the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Former deputy Ihor Mosiychuk publicly reported in September of 2026 that he had filed a statement with NABU requesting an investigation into the possible involvement of Anton Kovalskyi and other employees of the Khmelnytskyi prosecutor's office in assisting fraudulent call centers. He also made allegations about a possible leak of information regarding investigative actions.
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