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Anti-corruption agencies are conducting a special operation to expose a criminal organization led by a official from the Office of the Prosecutor General.
NABU and SAP are conducting a large-scale special operation, Carthage, to uncover a criminal group in the Office of the Prosecutor General. According to investigators, the organization provided “protection” for a network of fraudulent call centers, and was also involved in laundering obtained property. As Member of Parliament Oleksiy Honcharenko reported, NABU detectives have already detained Serhiy Kropiva, the deputy head of the international department of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The Office of the Prosecutor General confirmed that investigative actions concerning one of its employees are underway and pledged full cooperation with anti-corruption bodies. The suspected official will be suspended from official duties for the duration of the pretrial investigation. “Regarding the possible involvement of one of the Office employees in unlawful activity: all circumstances must be established by the investigation. We will provide full assistance to the anti-corruption bodies and all necessary information within the law,” the agency said. The fight against call centers The Office emphasized that systematic counteraction to call centers is ongoing. In the last 12 months, law enforcement conducted more than 1050 searches and blocked the activities of about 340 illegal call centers and 5 thousand operator positions. Currently, 147 criminal proceedings are under investigation, more than 180 individuals have been charged, and cases involving 93 defendants have already been sent to court. Losses to victims from these schemes are estimated at tens of millions of hryvnias, and 37 international joint investigative groups are involved in investigations, coordinated by Eurojust and with support from Europol.
As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is preparing to increase penalties for organizing fraudulent call centers, as well as for schemes involving bank cards and so-called “drops.” RBC-Ukraine reported that last month police across the country checked the infrastructure of fraudulent call centers. Their employees lured people to fictitious investment platforms and gained access to accounts.
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