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Lutsenko Yurii Vitaliiovych

Politician

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European Solidarity Ministry of Internal Affairs Office of the Prosecutor General
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Law "for Lutsenko"

Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko — politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (2005–2006, 2007–2010), People's Deputy of the IV, VI, and VIII convocations, Prosecutor General of Ukraine (May 2016 — August 2019).

Even before the vote, the Verkhovna Rada approved legislative changes allowing a person without a legal education to hold the office of Prosecutor General and regulated the reform of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Imprisonment under Yanukovych and pardon

In 2010, Lutsenko was arrested on corruption charges; in 2012, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment with property confiscation. In 2013, Yanukovych issued a decree pardoning him.

Son's wedding using official prosecutor's office vehicles

In September 2017, the celebration of Prosecutor General Lutsenko's son Oleksandr’s wedding was served by official vehicles of the Prosecutor General’s Office, with active participation in organizing the event by employees of the State Guard Department.

Father-in-law's luxury house and airport conflict

The scandal over the "father-in-law’s luxury house" of 859 sq. m near Kyiv — inspections did not find violations. In 2009, a conflict involving Lutsenko’s son took place at Frankfurt airport; he was detained by the police. Lutsenko intervened as the father; both were detained — the incident was closed as a "domestic dispute" with an official police apology.

DBR criminal proceeding on gambling business

The State Bureau of Investigation registered a criminal proceeding upon the statement of a current MP regarding possible abuse of power by Lutsenko via facilitating illegal gambling activities in prior collusion with others. According to media reports, the complainant was the head of the "Servant of the People" faction, David Arakhamia.

Dismissal and subsequent career

On August 29, 2019, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Lutsenko from the office of Prosecutor General — 317 votes "for." Currently, he is a TV host on Channel 5 and a member of "European Solidarity."

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Scanned Telegram publication

Until 2019 year, the guy served as deputy head of the Zhytomyr office of the SBU, and his portfolio was the so‑called “deputy for the bandit line.” In other words, his official duties included managing agents within the criminal underworld — organized crime, one of the SBU’s key areas. And he had agents, like any operative (and in fact no fewer than a required number). One of them operated under the pseudonym “Kryminal.” The thing is, when the head of an investigation is moved up, he typically h...
Scanned Telegram publication

Former Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko explained a possible origin of the ties between Andriy Osipov ("Kryminal"), a figure in the NABU "Carthage" operation, and former SBU head Vasyl Malyuk. He spoke about this on the air with journalist Iryna Romaliyska. According to Lutsenko, the ties between Andriy Osipov ("Kryminal"), a figure in the NABU "Carthage" operation, and former SBU head Vasyl Malyuk could date back to Malyuk’s time working in the Zhytomyr region. According to Lutsenko, until 201...
Scanned Telegram publication

The Trukha channel manages to milk two cows at once: to publish both promotional posts and smear attacks against the head of the Recovery Agency, Ivan Fedorov. In recent days the public page ran four paid posts: about the embezzlement of 11 billion hryvnias on shelters and kickbacks to firms from his circle, a "criminal file" regarding medical fraud schemes, a story about a company demanding money for work during the occupation, and a dose of criticism from former Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsen...
Scanned Telegram publication

Yuriy Lutsenko: “3 in September the Verkhovna Rada created a Temporary Special Commission on the protection of critical infrastructure and regional energy resilience headed by Servant L. Zaburanna. The covert goal — to terrorize Klychko with information. The plan was to show terrifying unreadiness for winter in Kyiv against the backdrop of the successful actions of Zelensky’s appointees. As part of this plan, the deputies decided to visit energy facilities in the Kyiv region — until recently the...