The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) are conducting an operation at the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG). This concerns the probable "protection" of a network of fraudulent call centers by a top official of the agency that itself is supposed to combat corruption at the highest level.
According to anti-corruption bodies, the perpetrators not only covered up the operation of call centers but also legalized property obtained through criminal means. Both structures promised to reveal more details later, once investigative actions are completed.
According to sources from Ukrainska Pravda in business circles, the case involves Serhiy Kropiva, head of the cyberdepartment at the OPG. A video released by the publication shows NABU officers entering the territory of the Prosecutor General's Office by climbing over a fence with ladders — a circumstance that hints at the scale and suddenness of the operation.
What the Prosecutor's Office says
The Prosecutor General's Office released its own statement in the evening of the same day, emphasizing its readiness to cooperate with the investigation. LIGA.net contacted the OPG for a more detailed comment and is awaiting a response.
Call centers — more than just fraud
The scale of the problem extends far beyond everyday scams targeting pensioners. Andriy Nebitov, head of the criminal police, previously explained that with the start of the full-scale war, crime in Ukraine changed its face: Russian special services adapted recruitment tactics, using call centers even within prison facilities.
In July, a LIGA.net source in law enforcement linked a high-profile assassination attempt on sanctioned businessman Vadym Yermolaiev in Monaco to a possible redistribution of spheres of influence around this very type of business.
In August, police, the SBU, and the prosecutor's office conducted a large-scale operation against fraudulent call centers: exposed 94 centers, seized over $2 million, and eliminated 1,794 operator positions.
On September 2, President Zelensky submitted two bills to the Verkhovna Rada aimed at strengthening accountability for call center operations and "drops" — schemes involving dummy bank cards and accounts.
What this means
If the suspicions are confirmed, the case will reveal not an isolated corrupt official, but a system in which the protection of illegal business was ensured from within an agency tasked with fighting crime. The question is whether the investigation will be limited to a single official or whether it will involve a wider circle of those involved — after all, call centers of this scale rarely operate on the strength of one person alone.
