Overview
- NABU and SAPO disclosed a special operation that they say uncovered a criminal organization led by a head of a Prosecutor General’s Office unit who recruited serving prosecutors and close associates to run the scheme.
- Investigators allege the group systematically collected bribes to allow shadow call centers to operate, and those call centers carried out large‑scale fraud against people in Ukraine and abroad.
- Authorities say the suspects laundered proceeds through multiple methods, spending more than UAH 20 million on real estate, jewelry and other valuables and moving at least UAH 12 million through third parties to hide true ownership.
- So far five members have been exposed and the case is being investigated under Article 255 of the Criminal Code for running a criminal organization and Article 209 for laundering of criminal proceeds.
- The public disclosures increase pressure on Kyiv’s anti‑corruption efforts by linking senior prosecutorial figures to organised fraud, and they could prompt further detentions, asset freezes and wider reviews of internal oversight.