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Former top prosecutor Kravchenko claims anti-corruption officials sent team to Austria to attack him

Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko claimed that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had requested that a group be sent to Austria to carry out “violent acts” against him. He did not explain why he has yet to return to Ukraine following an official trip abroad. Kravchenko made the allegations in a Telegram post on Oct. 28.

28 October, 02:35 PM

NABU adds former Prosecutor General’s Office department head to Carthage probe

A former department head at Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has been formally notified of suspicion in the Carthage case, an investigation into an alleged protection racket involving fraudulent call centers, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reported on Oct. 22.

22 October, 06:37 PM

MP Zheleznyak urges NBU Governor Pyshnyi to resign after anti-corruption searches

Yaroslav Zheleznyak, first deputy chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Committee, called for National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Andriy Pyshnyi to resign in an interview with Radio NV.

22 October, 02:16 PM

Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies search central bank governor’s office

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) are conducting searches at the office of National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andriy Pyshnyi, Ukrainska Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach reported on Oct. 21, citing political sources.

21 October, 10:29 AM

Zelenskyy still has no candidate to replace Kravchenko as prosecutor general

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy still has no candidate to replace Ruslan Kravchenko, whom the Verkhovna Rada could dismiss as prosecutor general as early as next week, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing its sources.

10 September, 11:04 AM

Ukraine court detains Serhii Kropyva, sets $2.7 million bail in Carthage case

The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s Office Department of International Cooperation, held in custody until Nov. 2, with bail set at 120 million hryvnias (about $2.7 million).

6 September, 09:00 PM

Prosecutor general Kravchenko denies call-center protection claims, orders reviews

Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko denied involvement in the alleged shielding of illegal call centers and ordered internal reviews at the Prosecutor General’s Office. Employees connected to such cases will also undergo polygraph tests, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Sept. 6.

6 September, 06:30 PM

Ukraine’s Tax Service offers NABU, SAPO full cooperation in employee probe

Ukraine’s State Tax Service issued a statement regarding references to one of its employees in recordings released by anti-corruption agencies.

5 September, 10:19 PM

Prosecutor’s Office accuses NABU of overreach in overnight searches

The Prosecutor General’s Office issued a statement on overnight NABU searches of the offices of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, First Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Vdovychenko and other employees.

5 September, 06:21 PM

Radina calls NABU independence Ukraine’s biggest win in Presidential Office scandal

Anastasia Radina, a lawmaker from the Servant of the People faction and head of the Verkhovna Rada’s anti-corruption committee, spoke in an interview with Radio NV about NABU’s work investigating corruption in the Presidential Office.

28 August, 02:54 PM

Anti-corruption agencies search two Supreme Court chamber heads

Anti-corruption agencies searched the residences of two Supreme Court judges on Aug. 19 as part of "Operation Themis," the DEJURE Foundation advocacy center reported on Aug. 27, citing informed sources.

27 August, 10:04 AM

Former Zelenskyy deputy detained on $485K bail in massive corruption probe

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) remanded former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra into custody for 60 days with bail set at $485k (20M UAH), according to a live broadcast of the judicial proceedings on Aug. 25.

25 August, 12:28 PM

Zelenskyy: No additional information beyond public details in Mudra case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has no additional information about former deputy head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra, who is suspected of involvement in corruption schemes involving money laundering and corporate raiding.

23 August, 09:04 PM

SAPO prosecutor names 13 in Ukraine’s ‘Forrest Gump’ corruption case

A prosecutor with Ukraine’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office named 13 people cited in the “Forrest Gump” and “Themis” cases during a High Anti-Corruption Court hearing on pretrial measures for former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas.

20 August, 06:01 PM

‘Forrest Gump’ recordings reveal alleged bid to grab a 500 million-hryvnia site in central Kyiv

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies have released a new batch of recordings from the “Forrest Gump” special operation. The latest material concerns an alleged illegal takeover scheme investigated under the case name “Themis.”

20 August, 02:44 PM

Zelenskyy dismisses Iryna Mudra amid reports linking her to NABU corruption probe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Iryna Mudra as deputy presidential chief of staff on Aug. 19, as media reports linked her to NABU’s Operation Forrest Gump.

19 August, 02:15 PM

Former Ukraine ambassador to U.S. fails to post $134,000 bail by court deadline

Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna failed to post UAH 6 million ($134,000) in bail by the court-imposed deadline of Aug. 11.

12 August, 06:16 PM

Former Presidential Office head must continue wearing monitoring bracelet

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court, or HACC, left unchanged the preventive measure imposed on a former head of the Presidential Office on June 29, the court said.

29 June, 04:15 PM

NABU uncovers alleged $8.7M military property theft scheme

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have uncovered a large-scale scheme involving the alleged theft and resale of military property from a unit in Kharkiv Oblast, NABU reported on June 10.

10 June, 10:07 PM

Expert: Delays in Yermak case due to stalled expert reviews, novel laundering probe

The six-month gap between initial searches of Andriy Yermak and his indictment stemmed from stalled expert reviews and a novel laundering case, Nashi Groshi editor Yurii Nikolov told Radio NV on May 13.

13 May, 07:35 PM

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