Carthage case: Serhii Kropyva’s driver posts UAH 3 million bail and is released from custody
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Serhii Kutsyi in the courtroom on September 7, 2026 (Photo: Suspilne News/Snizhana Mazur)
Serhii Kutsyi, driver for Prosecutor General’s Office official Serhii Kropyva and a figure in the Carthage case involving alleged protection of scam call centers and money laundering, was released from custody after posting bail, Suspilne reported on Sept. 21.
Kutsyi posted bail of UAH 3 million.
He was ordered to comply with the following conditions:
appear whenever summoned by a detective, prosecutor or court;
notify authorities of any change in his place of residence or employment;
surrender his passports for foreign travel;
refrain from communicating with certain individuals, including Kropyva and others;
Adwear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
On Sept. 7, a court ordered Serhii Kutsyi held in custody until Nov. 3 with the option of posting UAH 3 million bail.
Investigators suspect Kutsyi of participating in a criminal organization and laundering property obtained through criminal activity.
Prosecutors allege that the driver received illicit payments from fraudulent call centers. They cite phone conversations that they say may indicate Kutsyi regularly received money and transferred it to other individuals, after which the funds were deposited into accounts belonging to individual entrepreneurs. The defense, however, maintains there is no evidence that Kutsyi protected the call centers or received illicit payments.
Operation Carthage — latest developments
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine's Operation Carthage involves an investigation into an alleged criminal organization that provided protection to a network of fraudulent call centers. According to NABU, the organization was led by Prosecutor General's Office official Serhii Kropyva. A court ordered him held in custody with the option of posting UAH 120 million bail.
On Sept. 7, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced that he had submitted his resignation amid reports of his alleged involvement in corruption schemes.
Ukrainska Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach, citing law enforcement sources, reported that Kravchenko crossed Ukraine's border at 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 14 in an official vehicle. Kravchenko later confirmed that he was abroad, saying he was on an "official business trip."
On Sept. 15, the Verkhovna Rada approved Kravchenko's resignation as prosecutor general, with 317 lawmakers voting in favor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree dismissing Kravchenko the same day.
In a Sept. 17 decree, Zelenskyy appointed Anton Kovalskyi, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office, as acting prosecutor general.
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