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The figures in the “Carthage” case may have been “protecting” not only fraudulent call centers but also the gambling business. In one of the recorded conversations held by Sledstvo.Info, a voice that the investigation says belongs to suspect Ivan Tymoshenko talks about gambling being “their thing too.”
This is reported by Sledstvo.Info, citing sources in law enforcement agencies.
Former head of the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Department of Information Technology Ivan Tymoshenko was charged as part of the NABU and SAP operation “Carthage.” 22 October, the High Anti-Corruption Court chose pretrial detention for him with the alternative of posting bail in the amount of 8 million UAH.
According to Sledstvo.Info’s sources, Tymoshenko has maintained friendly relations with the suspect accused of organizing a scheme to “protect” fraudulent call centers, Serhiy Kropyva, at least since 2020. Since then they have served together in leadership positions, including in the National Police, the Odesa Regional State Administration, and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Law enforcement officers believe Tymoshenko helped Kropyva organize the scheme’s operations. According to the investigation, to do this he appointed Danylo Slipchuk to the OPG Department of Information Technology, through whom participants received cash from call centers, exchanged it into other currencies, and converted it into cryptocurrency.
In addition, Tymoshenko helped recruit other people into the scheme. In particular, Sledstvo.Info’s sources say he sought “couriers” who collected cash from call center representatives. To conceal these operations, meeting passwords were used and money was transported in cars with someone else’s license plates.
Bribes from representatives of the “offices” were allegedly passed by Tymoshenko to Kropyva and distributed among other members of the criminal organization.
The man’s position gave him access to the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, which contains information about criminal cases. Law enforcement officers believe this helped the scheme’s participants monitor the situation around the call centers.
Sledstvo.Info also has a conversation about fraudulent call centers and gambling. On it are voices that, according to the investigation, belong to Ivan Tymoshenko and Deputy Head of the State Tax Service Ihor Panchenko:
P.: And this, wait, OnlyFans — understood. But what’s the deal with your popular stuff? Fraudsters, call centers — is that your thing?
T.: Well, us.
P.: The phones, yours, right?
T.: Well, we investigate who, what this is.
P.: Listen, okay, but gambling, online gambling — is that your thing too?
T.: Well, yes.
P.: Oh, do you work with these, with PlayCity? That new s**t in the Ministry of Digital Transformation that regulates gambling? No?
T.: No, in principle we can.
P.: So you don’t handle that? That’s your sphere.
T.: We currently have some content…
P.: But there’s money there, f**k, brother. It’s just f**king huge. It’s not a single case.
T.: No, well.
P.: There are hundreds of them, there’s a whole army.
It is worth noting that the OPG Department of Information Technology, where Tymoshenko worked until 11 September, provides digital transformation, technical support, and information security for the prosecutor’s offices, and does not conduct investigations into fraud or gambling.
In addition, Sledstvo.Info has a conversation in which, according to investigators, the voices sound similar to those of Tymoshenko and Kropyva:
K.: What’s up?
T.: Vasylych, about what we talked about, that they’re “popping,” on what.
K.: Price?
T.: Yes, the price.
K.: Yeah, probably in any case. Well, what, even a fool gets it.
T.: But Danya has already reviewed everything, said: we’re not there.
K.: Good that there are people who…
T.: Well, like, for the story it’s fine, but from 800 how many? 10 people?
K.: Ah, that’s 800 numbers, like, right?
T.: Well, 860 numbers, and there are 10 stories.
K.: But there are many who haven’t registered, haven’t completed registration in their name. Ivan Oleksandrovych (laughs). And there are, f*ck, smarter ones.
Recall that 4 September NABU and SAP released the first details of the “Carthage” operation, which exposed a criminal organization protecting illegal call centers. 11 September the suspect Ivan Tymoshenko submitted a resignation letter to step down from the position of head of the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Department of Information Technology of his own accord.
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