Update: Anti-corruption agency detains top prosecutor amid probe into scam call centers
The criminal organization is "involved in protecting a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering illicit assets," the NABU said.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detained Serhiy Kropyva, a deputy head of the international cooperation department at Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office, on September 4. The arrest was part of an ongoing operation targeting a criminal organization accused of protecting scam call centers and laundering illicit assets.
Kropyva will be suspended from his duties during the pretrial investigation. The Prosecutor General's Office stated they would fully cooperate with the NABU and provide necessary information, per the law. This latest investigation follows the NABU's increased anti-corruption efforts, including a money laundering case against Iryna Mudra, a former deputy chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The case is connected to the previous year's probe into the state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom, the largest corruption investigation of Zelensky's presidency. The story also includes recent corruption charges against Zelensky's former Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, in May.
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