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Suspects in the Cardage? case, former officials of the Office of the Prosecutor General, could have covered not only fraudulent call centers but also the gambling business. This is indicated by a former OPG official.
The recordings feature Ivan Tymoshenko conversing with the deputy head of the State Tax Service, Ihor Panchenko, according to Slidstvo.Info.
What is known about the activities of the suspects?
In the released tapes, Panchenko asks whether gambling is "their topic," to which Ivan Tymoshenko replies in the affirmative. According to sources, the former head of the department also confirmed shielding the fraudulent call centers.
Investigators found that an OGP employee has been in friendly relations with the main defendant in the Cardage? case, Serhiy Kropyva, for at least 2020 years. To implement the scheme, Danila Slipchuk was hired by the Office of the Prosecutor General, who was responsible for obtaining funds from the "offices" and their subsequent conversion.
Additionally, Tymoshenko recruited couriers to collect cash. Meetings were conducted using special passwords and vehicles with forged license plates.
On Thursday, 22 October, NABU and SAP announced charges against the former head of the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Department in the case involving 1 billion hryvnias. According to the investigation, the former official played one of the key roles in the criminal scheme, including direct contact with representatives of illegal call centers and regularly receiving money from them.
Note that 4 September, NABU and SAP announced the operation "Cardage?" The anti-corruption agencies exposed a criminal group led by Serhiy Kropyva, whose members systematically received illicit benefits from the operation of fraudulent call centers. The suspects laundered property worth tens of millions of hryvnias.
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