Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies say they uncovered a criminal ring tied to scam call centers and led by an official in the Prosecutor General’s Office
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said they were conducting a “special operation to expose a criminal organization headed by an official of the Prosecutor General’s Office.”
Law enforcement agencies said the suspects were involved in “providing protection for a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering assets.”
NABU and SAPO have not disclosed further details.
Ukrainska Pravda, a Ukrainian news outlet, said NABU and SAPO were conducting investigative work at the Prosecutor General’s Office. The outlet said NABU and SAPO detained Serhiy Kropyva, deputy head of the Department of International Legal Cooperation there.
Before joining the prosecutor’s office, Kropyva served as deputy head of the Odesa Regional State Administration under Oleh Kiper.
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