Overview
- Ukraine's National Anti‑Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor's Office say they exposed a criminal organisation inside the Prosecutor General's Office that took regular bribes from fraudulent call centres and laundered proceeds during a special operation on Sept. 4–5.
- The High Anti‑Corruption Court remanded Deputy Department head Serhii Kropyva in custody with an alternative bail of UAH 120 million and ordered travel bans, no‑contact rules and electronic monitoring if bail is posted.
- Two other suspects have been remanded with bail alternatives: driver Serhii Kutsyi for 60 days with UAH 3 million bail and Yelyzaveta Ivakhnenko for 60 days with UAH 20 million bail, each facing restrictions on travel and contact with witnesses.
- Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has denied involvement, suspended the implicated employee, ordered internal audits and polygraph tests for relevant units, described items seized from his office and met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as officials weigh his future.
- The case follows a string of high‑profile NABU investigations and raises questions about wartime governance and EU‑driven reforms to depoliticise the Prosecutor General's Office, which could affect public trust and the pace of legal reform.