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Corruption & Investigations

Ukraine anti-corruption court detains Prosecutor General’s Office official over alleged call-center protection scheme

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Prosecutor General’s Office official Serhii Kropyva into pretrial detention with UAH 120 million bail in the “Carthage” call-center case. NABU and SAPO allege protection of fraudulent call centers and money laundering; Kropyva and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko deny the claims.

Corruption & Investigations

$1,500 and $5,000 for a “student” status: two cases expose a persistent weakness in Ukraine’s mobilization deferment system

Two criminal cases reported on September 7, 2026 — a $1,500 fake-enrollment offer in Kyiv and a $5,000 customs scheme in Ternopil region — highlight how student status can be exploited to obtain mobilization deferments, and why the state’s digital registration system cannot by itself verify the honesty of the data it receives.