Former Deputy Prosecutor General Verbytsky is attempting to challenge the NACP’s findings in an appeal: UA.NEWS calls for openness and transparency
The editorial staff of the online media outlet UA.NEWS has appealed to Judge Oleksandr Govorun of the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, demanding that the case involving former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi be conducted openly and transparently. The former official is attempting to have the NACP’s conclusion—which served as the basis for an investigation into his alleged illicit enrichment—overturned in court.
The essence of the appeal and journalistic oversight
After the Kyiv District Administrative Court denied Verbytsky’s claim, the former official filed an appeal (Case No. 320/749/25). He is demanding that the NACP’s conclusion dated July 3, 2024—which identified signs of a corruption offense—be declared unlawful, and that monitoring of his lifestyle be halted.
UA.NEWS journalists emphasize that given Verbytskyi’s status and the public outcry surrounding his wealth—including luxury estates, Porsche cars, and “gangster-style” vacations, as previously reported by colleagues from “Schemes” and other media outlets—the case must be heard exclusively in open court sessions.
Criminal Context
Dmytro Verbytskyi is currently the subject of several ongoing proceedings:
- NABU is conducting a pre-trial investigation (No. 52024000000000231) into the assets of the former prosecutor and his associates.
- The police are investigating the case under Part 3 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, in which Verbytskyi is identified as a person who may have acted in collusion with others to exert pressure on the media.
Requested Information
In its submission, the UA.NEWS editorial team posed a series of questions to the court regarding the hearing schedule and the position of NACP representatives in this case. Specifically, journalists are interested in whether the exact date and time of the open appeal hearing have been set, as well as who is representing the state’s (NACP’s) interests in the proceedings and whether objections to Verbytskyi’s appeal have been filed.
Why this matters
The editorial team believes that attempts to overturn the NACP’s conclusion are a direct attempt by the former deputy prosecutor general to avoid accountability for a “lifestyle” that does not align with his official income. UA.NEWS announces that it will maintain constant journalistic oversight of this case until a final decision is reached.
“The law is the same for everyone, and the status of a former law enforcement official should not serve as a get-out-of-jail-free card,” the media outlet stated in its appeal.
It recently became known that former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, who left his post amid scandal following investigations into illicit enrichment, 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.
