Operation "Carthage": Appeals Chamber of HACC upholds detention of Kropyva’s relative Dydych
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the pretrial detention order against attorney Oleksandr Dydych, who is implicated in the "Carthage" case.
This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center, according to Censor.NET.
What is known?
He will remain in custody with the option to post bail of 15 million hryvnias.
According to investigators, Dydych was Kropyva’s trusted associate. In addition, Didych is married to Kropyva’s sister.
"His role involved the legalization of assets, including through the creation of fictitious sole proprietorships in the names of Kropyva’s relatives, ‘Muse’ Ivakhnenko, and driver Kutsyi, as well as the management of their business operations."
Furthermore, according to the SAPO and NABU, Dydych is accused of destroying evidence, specifically receipts totaling 7 million. Kropyva laundered this money through his father by depositing it into a foundation’s account.
Kropyva also asked Dydych whether he was interested in the High Anti-Corruption Court’s practice regarding civil forfeiture," the statement reads.
Operation "Carthage"
- Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda, citing its own sources, reported that NABU and SAPO were allegedly conducting searches targeting Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, his deputy Mariia Vdovychenko, and Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration (RMA) Oleh Kiper.
- On 4 September, NABU and SAPO reported the alleged "protection" by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of a network of so-called call centers that defraud people.
- According to media reports, NABU and SAPO detained Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the PGO’s Department of International Legal Cooperation.
- Before taking up his current position at the PGO, Kropyva served as deputy head of the Odesa Regional State Administration on Oleh Kiper’s team.
- Against this backdrop, NABU announced a new operation called "Carthage."
- The Prosecutor General’s Office stated that it would suspend the employee whose possible involvement in "protecting a network" of fraudulent call centers and laundering assets is being investigated.
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According to updated information, NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) uncovered a criminal organisation whose members systematically received bribes from fraudulent call centres and laundered millions. The organiser of the scheme was identified as the head of one of the Prosecutor General’s Office divisions.
- Recordings of the criminal group of Prosecutor General’s Office employees were also released.
- The Prosecutor General’s Office later confirmed searches at the premises of Prosecutor General Kravchenko and his deputy.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pretrial restraint measure on Prosecutor General’s Office official Kropyva.
- On September 7, Ivakhnenko was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 20 million.
- On the evening of 7 September, Kravchenko resigned from his post as Prosecutor General.
- Following him, Deputy Prosecutor General Mariia Vdovychenko, who is implicated in the anti-corruption bodies’ investigation, also resigned from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
