Overview
- NABU said an MP, an assistant, and an accomplice were notified of suspicion over an alleged $250,000 offer to secure RNBO sanctions against a business rival.
- Investigators reported that suspects claimed they could channel funds to officials, including RNBO members, but no money reached any officials because no one agreed to carry out illegal acts.
- Law enforcement did not name the MP, but Ukrainian media identified her as Anna Skorokhod, who confirmed searches and receipt of a notice of suspicion.
- Skorokhod denies wrongdoing, calls NABU’s published photos fake and recordings edited, says she is not under arrest, and frames the case as political pressure; NABU has not commented on her claims.
- Separately, the DBR announced an in‑absentia suspicion for a Kharkiv city councillor from the banned OPZZh party on treason and failure to file declarations, citing a pro‑Kremlin TV interview and an expert finding of harmful information influence, and it is seeking his whereabouts with penalties of up to 15 years in prison and possible asset confiscation.