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The acting prosecutor general has asked the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors to suspend the person under investigation from work.
The Department of International Cooperation of the Prosecutor General’s Office was reorganized, and the deputy head of the department position, which was held by Operation “Carthage” figure Serhiy Kropyva, was eliminated.
This was reported by PGO spokeswoman Maryana Haiovska, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
“By order of the acting Prosecutor General, the Department of International Cooperation of the PGO has been reorganized. As part of the reorganization, including, the deputy head position of the Department, which was held by Kropyva S.V., has been eliminated,” Haiovska stated.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office explained that an order to dismiss a prosecutor cannot be issued on the basis of his arrest or the notification of suspicion.
In addition, the disciplinary complaint against Kropyva is under consideration by the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors. That commission can decide on a disciplinary sanction such as, for example, dismissing the figure from the prosecutorial bodies.
Meanwhile, acting prosecutor general Anton Kovalsky sent a letter to the commission asking it to expedite consideration of the disciplinary complaint and to suspend Kropyva from his position.
What is known about Operation “Carthage”
NABU and SAP 4 September announced that they had carried out a special operation to expose a criminal organization “headed by an official of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.”
The anti-corruption agencies said that members of the organization may have been involved in “protecting” a network of fraudulent call centers and in laundering assets.
The Prosecutor General’s Office reacted to the possible involvement of one of its employees with fraudulent call centers. They said that all circumstances must be established by the investigation.
The prosecutor general denied his involvement in the scheme and ordered polygraph tests for all prosecutorial staff who investigate cases about illegal call centers. Kravchenko also submitted a resignation. 15 September the Verkhovna Rada supported Kravchenko’s dismissal from the post, and later he left the country altogether.
In NABU’s video, the organizer appeared — a PGO official referred to as “Chancellor.” Also featured were “Boss,” “Muse,” and other participants in the scheme. Overall, NABU reported exposing five people in the case under Art. 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (creation, leadership of a criminal organization, and participation in it) and Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (legalization (money laundering) of assets).
6 September the court placed PGO employee Serhiy Kropyva in custody. 8 September a preventive measure was chosen for a trusted associate of the “Chancellor.”
16 September the VACJ Appeals Panel left Kropyva’s preventive measure unchanged — he will remain in custody with the alternative of posting 120 million UAH bail.
By the way, the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office denied reports about a meeting between its head, Mykola Meret, and Kropyva.
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