Prosecutor General’s Office officials may have got $7k monthly per fraud call center
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Media learned how much UCP officials could have received for "covering" call centers (Photo: NABU / Telegram)
Representatives of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office may have received about $7,000 a month from each fraudulent call center in exchange for protection, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing law enforcement sources on Sept. 8.
"Each call center could have paid representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office about $7,000 a month. If at least 100 call centers operated under such 'protection,' that would amount to $700,000 in 'financial returns' each month," sources told the outlet.
According to the sources, at the "peak of activity" in 2026, representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office may have controlled as many as 500 fraudulent call centers, potentially generating up to $3.5 million a month.
On Sept. 7, Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation as prosecutor general. Kravchenko said it was a "political decision" that he had made "consciously."
"I do not want the position of prosecutor general to be used as a tool for political confrontation. My position regarding the allegations remains unchanged," he said.
Kravchenko had previously said he would not resign voluntarily unless asked to do so by his colleagues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Verkhovna Rada.
Carthage case
On Sept. 4, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, or NABU, announced a special operation targeting an alleged criminal organization headed by an employee of the Prosecutor General's Office. NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, or SAPO, detained Serhii Kropyva, head of the Prosecutor General's Office cyber department. The anti-corruption agencies said the official may have been involved in protecting a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering assets.
The Prosecutor General's Office later said it was prepared to fully cooperate with anti-corruption agencies investigating the possible involvement of one of its employees in illegal activities linked to fraudulent call centers.
The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the International Cooperation Department at the Prosecutor General's Office, held in custody until Nov. 2 with bail set at 120 million hryvnias. Kropyva is suspected of protecting illegal call centers and laundering more than 89 million hryvnias in assets. His lawyers said they would appeal the court's decision.
On Sept. 7, the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Yelyzaveta Ivakhnenko, a suspect in the Carthage case referred to as "Muza" and Kropyva's partner, held in custody for 60 days with bail set at 20 million hryvnias.
The same day, the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered another suspect in the Carthage case, Serhii Kutsyi, who is Kropyva's driver, held in custody until Nov. 3 with bail set at 3 million hryvnias.
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