Overview
- Authorities notified a former head of an OGP department of suspicion on Thursday after the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office linked him to the Carthage operation.
- Investigators say the suspect ran communications with illegal call centres, collected regular payments, helped conceal members and recruited others, and has been charged under statutes for participating in a criminal organization and accepting improper benefits.
- Prosecutors say the probe has documented more than 1 billion hryvnias in suspected illicit gains and alleges individual call centres paid thousands of dollars monthly into the scheme.
- Earlier moves in the case include the High Anti-Corruption Court placing Deputy Department Head Serhii Kropyva in custody with a 120 million UAH bail alternative on September 6 and the resignation and September 15 dismissal of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, while seven OGP staff have been fired and a service inquiry continues.
- Investigators say the operation remains active as they identify further suspects and trace allegedly laundered funds, a process that could prompt more charges and deepen public scrutiny of Ukraine’s prosecution service.