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“Klitschko got lost his cap” — this message, according to SAP prosecutor Dmytro Yemets, came into the chat of the scheme participants “Carthage” after Vitalii Rybalko and two associates in Vienna beat a man. The investigation believes that members of the criminal organization led by Andriy Osipov (the “Criminal”) and Yehor Burkin (the “Mexican”) carried out contract assaults and tortures in Ukraine and abroad.
This is reported by Slido.Info from the courtroom.
In the Higher Anti-Corruption Court, preventive measure was chosen for Vitalii Rybalko — a suspect in the NABU and SAP “Carthage” case. He was taken into custody for 60 days without an alternative in the form of a bail.
According to the investigation, the man performed the “dirty work”: contract assaults, beating, and kidnapping of people.
SAP prosecutor Dmytro Yemets during the hearing said that Vitalii Rybalko’s contact in the suspect’s phone for the organization’s head Andriy Osipov was listed as “Klitschko.”
Detectives established that the defendants, at Osipov’s urging, attacked a man with the surname Yakymenko as he left the gym after training. The involvement in the fight, according to law enforcement, was by Rybalko.
In audio recordings seized from Osipov’s phone, “Klitschko” describes in detail his actions during the assault, confirming that he personally used a suffocating hold on the victim: “I did my part. I jumped out, he started breaking in, I grabbed him, already suffocated. They were supposed to break him. I held him until the end.”
As it turned out, during the fight Rybalko lost his headwear, about which the chat participants later wrote: “Klitschko lost his cap.”
According to the investigation, DNA traces of “Klitschko” remained on it, which could reveal his identity. However, thanks to contacts with Oleksandr Demianchuk (“Consultant”), the suspects learned first about the cap’s discovery by law enforcement.
Demianchuk also informed associates about the absence of a plan for a “prise” after the attack, helped evade police checkpoints, and accompanied the suspects’ escape.
At the same time, the suspect’s lawyer Ihor Andriyeyev emphasized: there is no evidence that the contact “Klitschko” in Osipov’s phone is truly Vitalii Rybalko.
“Some correspondence, something shows, I don’t understand it at all,” commented Rybalko to journalists. When asked by the judge about the messages read by the prosecutor, the suspect answered: “I don’t understand, what are these names. I have many friends, and here are some names… I don’t understand who it is, what it is. Klitschko… Why didn’t they call him Tyson?”.
According to the Anticorruption Center “Mezha,” Vitalii Rybalko is a sportsman from Zhytomyr region and founder of the boxing sports club “Impact-Korosten.”
What preceded
4 November SAP and NABU uncovered a new criminal organization as part of operation “Carthage.” Its participants regularly gave bribes to high-ranking law enforcement officials for unhindered operation of fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses.
According to the investigation, high-ranking officials of the SBU, National Police, Office of the Prosecutor General, and representatives of the criminal milieu participated in the alleged criminal activity.
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