{
  "id": 5976135,
  "title": "Ukraine's Prosecutor General denies involvement in scam call center protection racket",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/ukraines-prosecutor-general-denies-involvement-in-scam-call-center",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T12:21:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-prosecutor-general-denies-involvement-in-scam-call-center-protection-racket/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has firmly denied any involvement in a scheme to protect scam call centers from legal repercussions, according to officials on September 6th. The allegations, uncovered by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on September 5th, reportedly involved a senior official within Kravchenko's office allegedly creating and leading the criminal network. Kravchenko stated he had \"no involvement whatsoever\" in the operation, asserting he had not issued directives to facilitate such activities and had not abused his authority. A colleague implicated in the probe, Serhii Kropyva, was suspended from his duties. The alleged scheme allegedly involved systematic bribes to prosecutors and associates to shield the call centers, which targeted both Ukrainian citizens and foreigners. Kravchenko also announced all staff handling related cases would undergo lie detector testing. The prosecutor general, who previously led Ukraine's State Tax Service, faces scrutiny amid a wave of high-profile investigations by NABU, including those targeting Zelensky's former aides and a major Energoatom corruption case.",
  "summary": "\"I have no involvement whatsoever in covering up illegal call centers, I have not issued any instructions to facilitate such activities, and I have not used the powers of the Prosecutor General for this purpose,\" Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Prosecutor General denies involvement in covering up illegal call centers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/prosecutor-general-denies-involvement-in-covering-up-illegal-call",
        "published": "2026-09-06T11:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "Prosecutor General Denies Involvement in Call Center Scheme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/prosecutor-general-denies-involvement-in-call-center-scheme",
        "published": "2026-09-06T11:57:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Prosecutor general Kravchenko denies call-center protection claims, orders reviews",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/prosecutor-general-kravchenko-denies-call-center-protection-claims",
        "published": "2026-09-06T15:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}