{"id":37505,"date":"2026-09-04T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/37505\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:05:08","slug":"ukraines-anti-corruption-agencies-say-they-uncovered-a-criminal-ring-tied-to-scam-call-centers-and-led-by-an-official-in-the-prosecutor-generals-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/37505\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s anti-corruption agencies say they uncovered a\u00a0criminal ring tied to\u00a0scam call centers and led by\u00a0an\u00a0official in\u00a0the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of\u00a0Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SAPO) said they were conducting a\u00a0\u201cspecial operation to\u00a0expose a\u00a0criminal organization headed by\u00a0an\u00a0official of\u00a0the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Law enforcement agencies said the suspects were involved in\u00a0\u201cproviding protection for a\u00a0network of\u00a0fraudulent call centers and laundering assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">NABU and SAPO have not disclosed further details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Ukrainska Pravda, a\u00a0Ukrainian news outlet,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/rus\/news\/2026\/09\/04\/8051957\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0NABU and SAPO were conducting investigative work at\u00a0the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office. The outlet said NABU and SAPO detained Serhiy Kropyva, deputy head of\u00a0the Department of\u00a0International Legal Cooperation there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Before joining the prosecutor\u2019s office, Kropyva served as\u00a0deputy head of\u00a0the Odesa Regional State Administration under Oleh Kiper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">At\u00a0Meduza, we\u00a0are committed to\u00a0transparency about our use of\u00a0artificial intelligence in\u00a0the newsroom. The story you\u2019re reading was written by\u00a0one of\u00a0our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an\u00a0AI\u00a0model configured to\u00a0follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is\u00a0the result of\u00a0extensive testing and refinements to\u00a0ensure our English-language coverage is\u00a0timely and accurate. A\u00a0Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">If\u00a0you find any errors in\u00a0this translation, please contact us\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/meduza.io\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#94e6f1e4fbe6e0e7d4f9f1f0e1eef5bafdfb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">To\u00a0read Meduza\u2019s exclusive content in\u00a0English, please <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/pages\/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to\u00a0our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of\u00a0Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SAPO) said they were conducting a\u00a0\u201cspecial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[151,146,149,138,131,143,133,144,150,139,127,134,128,136,137,129,132,130,148,142,135,147,145,141,140],"class_list":["post-37505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-151","tag-146","tag-149","tag-138","tag-131","tag-143","tag-133","tag-144","tag-150","tag-139","tag-127","tag-134","tag-128","tag-136","tag-137","tag-129","tag-132","tag-130","tag-148","tag-142","tag-135","tag-147","tag-145","tag-141","tag-140"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}