A Verkhovna Rada committee is demanding explanations from NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office regarding the two-year delay in the case of former prosecutor Verbytsky
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement has directly appealed to the leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) demanding a response to the delay in the investigation into former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi.
Committee Chairman Serhiy Ionushas officially forwarded an appeal from the online media outlet UA.NEWS regarding the ineffectiveness of the investigation directly to the anti-corruption agencies, as evidenced by a document, a copy of which is available to the editorial office.
In his letter, the Committee chairman refers to the official appeal by UA.NEWS journalists, who pointed out facts of possible improper conduct of the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceeding No. 52024000000000231, which was opened on May 13, 2024, under the article on illegal enrichment.
“In accordance with the provisions of Part 3 of Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Citizens’ Appeals,’ we are forwarding the aforementioned appeal for verification of the arguments set forth therein and for an appropriate response within the scope of your authority,” — reads the official document signed by Serhiy Ionushas.
The chair of the relevant committee issued a clear directive to the directors of NABU and the SAPO: to verify the journalists’ arguments within the timeframe established by law and to officially inform both the parliamentary committee and the editorial staff of the online media outlet UA.NEWS of the results of the review.
As a reminder, Dmytro Verbytskyi lost his position as Deputy Prosecutor General in the summer of 2024 following a series of investigations by the “Schemes” project (Radio Liberty). Journalists exposed corruption irregularities: luxury housing in the “Konik” residential complex, purchased for a pittance, and the official’s girlfriend’s assets worth a million dollars (a cottage, a Porsche, a beauty salon), which did not match her official income. Later, the former prosecutor’s family was also found to own real estate abroad in Turkey.
Despite the evidentiary basis and public outcry, NABU and SAPO failed to charge any suspect in the case after two years of investigation, prompting UA.NEWS journalists to seek assistance from parliamentary oversight bodies.
Meanwhile, the validity of the anti-corruption allegations against Verbytskyi was confirmed by an administrative court. On February 25, 2026, the Kyiv District Administrative Court issued a ruling in case No. 320/749/25, completely rejecting the former prosecutor’s appeal against the results of the NACP’s monitoring of his lifestyle and confirming the legality of the identified signs of a crime. In addition to directly appealing to the NABU and the SAPO, the Verkhovna Rada’s Law Enforcement Committee sent a similar request regarding the review of the detectives’ actions to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Earlier, the editorial staff of the online media outlet UA.NEWS sent a follow-up request to People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’s Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) on the investigation of possible unlawful actions by officials of state authorities, other state bodies, andentities in the public sector of the economy that could have harmed Ukraine’s economic security, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, requesting that he take parliamentary action to investigate the illegal enrichment of former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi.
Additionally, UA.NEWS received a response from the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine to its inquiry to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) regarding the application of enhanced financial monitoring to former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi as a “politically exposed person” (PEP).
It was recently reported that former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi has officially launched his political career. The Odesa regional branch of the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” confirmed in response to a request from UA.News that Verbytskyi is already a member of Yulia Tymoshenko’s party.
Previously, the controversial former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, who was dismissed following an investigation into illegally acquired luxury property, was unable to “clear” his assets through the courts. The Kyiv District Administrative Court confirmed that the conclusion by NACP investigators that Verbytsky had 37.5 million “excess” hryvnias is lawful.
