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There they believe that any accusations by detectives are based solely on assumptions.
The Office of the Attorney General confirmed that tonight there were searches conducted in the prosecutor's office—in premises that are “used by” the attorney general, Ruslan Kravchenko, his first deputy Maria Vdovichenko, and other employees of the office. They noted that investigators gained access to materials of a proceeding concerning possible unlawful actions by close associates of the leadership of the SAP — it was investigated under the procedural leadership of the OAG, and its progress was known to anti-corruption prosecutors.
Also, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office gained access to information obtained during covert investigative actions concerning potentially unlawful activities by employees of NABU and SAP. Now the OAG wants to determine whether the scope of access obtained by the detectives corresponded to the case in which the investigative actions took place, whether the detectives reviewed, copied, or seized relevant materials, and whether they had court authorization for this.
“The ruling cites separate conversations of an OAG employee that concern everyday matters. Among them is a mention of “dark tiles” in one of the premises used by the attorney general, as well as discussions about installing an alarm and internal sensors,” the OAG notes, emphasizing that any link between these conversations and money that is alleged to have “illicit origin” (likely money obtained through protecting a call-center operation — editor’s note) is only an assumption.
The prosecutor’s office also stated that Kravchenko did not sign amendments to Order No. 309 regarding the work of prosecutors in criminal proceedings — the anti-corruption agencies used this discussion as one of the arguments for searches in the OAG.
Recall that 4 September NABU and SAP announced Operation “Carthage,” during which a criminal group protecting a network of fraudulent call centers was uncovered, and a high-ranking OAG official was among the suspects. Subsequently, anti-corruption bodies conducted searches in the prosecutor’s office, after which media reported the arrest of the head of one department, Serhiy Kropyva (in recordings — “Chancellor”).
The next day, the anti-corruption body released recordings in this case featuring a person codename “Chef.” Although investigators do not name this person, they emphasize that he previously headed the tax authority. In addition, the recordings refer to him by his patronymic — Andriyovich. All these facts indicate that the “Chef” could be the Attorney General Ruslan Kravchenko. According to media reports, after the start of the “Carthage” operation he disappeared for a time. ZN.UA sources learned that the attorney general was in the Dobrobut clinic in Kyiv, a claim the OAG denies, stating that Kravchenko is at work.
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