NABU tapes figure known as Mexican claims police took bribes to protect scam call centers in two-hour interview
Fraudulent call centers exposed in Ukraine's Carthage operation brought in about $20 billion annually and allegedly paid $370 million in bribes to law enforcement, a person identifying himself as Yehor Burkin claimed in an interview on Nov. 14.
A person claiming to be Yehor Burkin, a key figure in the Carthage case, alleged in a two-hour interview with NABU, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, that fraudulent call centers in Ukraine allegedly paid $370 million in bribes to law enforcement to protect the operations. Burkin claimed that before Operation Carthage, there were around 1,500 such centers generating between $2 billion and $3 billion in annual revenue that went into the pockets of various officials.
After the operation, approximately 80% to 90% of these centers were shut down. He also named several top-ranking officials who allegedly received payments, including Andriy Osipov, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Serhiy Duka, and Serhiy Kropyva. Burkin estimated the total annual payments to law enforcement officials at $350 million to $370 million, with the money primarily coming in as cash and spent not only by the call center organizers and employees but also across related sectors.
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