Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agencies Say They Exposed Criminal Ring Inside Prosecutor General's Office
NABU and SAPO announced they uncovered a criminal organization allegedly led by a Prosecutor General's Office official, tied to protecting fraudulent call centers and laundering money. Serhiy Kropyva, deputy head of the office's international legal cooperation department, was detained.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have announced a joint operation targeting what they describe as a criminal organization headed by an official within the Prosecutor General's Office itself.
According to the agencies, the group is accused of shielding a network of fraudulent call centers from prosecution and laundering the proceeds of that scheme. NABU and SAPO have not yet released further specifics about the case.
Detention at the Prosecutor General's Office
The Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that NABU and SAPO investigators carried out procedural actions directly at the Prosecutor General's Office building. Per the outlet's reporting, the detained suspect is Serhiy Kropyva, deputy head of the department for international legal cooperation.
Before taking up his post at the prosecutor's office, Kropyva had served as deputy head of the Odesa Regional State Administration under Oleh Kiper.
The case adds to a series of anti-corruption investigations that have touched officials within Ukraine's law enforcement and state administration during the war.
