NABU has concluded its investigation into the case of a former prosecutor who demanded a $3.5 million bribe
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have officially concluded the pre-trial investigation into a former prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutor General and his accomplices—lawyers.
The individuals involved in the criminal proceedings are suspected of inciting the bribery of anti-corruption agency officials and judges to have the case dismissed.
Currently, all evidence gathered by investigators is available for review by the defense before the indictment is submitted to the court.
According to the official investigation, the prosecutor from the Office of the Prosecutor General, having entered into a criminal conspiracy with private attorneys, offered one of the suspects in the NABU case a radical solution to his legal problems.
The perpetrators promised to completely close the criminal proceedings by bribing prosecutors from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court.
The total amount of the illegal benefit demanded to close the case reached an astronomical sum—$3.5 million.
The accomplices developed a detailed, phased plan to transfer the funds in installments, attempting to protect themselves from exposure. However, the corrupt officials were unable to carry out their plan to the end.
By the time of the arrest and the subsequent urgent searches, the prosecutor and the lawyers had already received the first installment of the bribe, amounting to $200,000, from the suspect.
This case became yet another link in a series of high-profile investigations that have significantly undermined the reputation of the leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) and led to major personnel purges.
One of the most high-profile cases involving the illegal enrichment of top OGP officials was the investigation into former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi.
The official found himself at the center of a media and legal scandal following investigative reports by the “Schemes” project, which uncovered luxury properties worth tens of millions of hryvnias among his inner circle.
During a lifestyle audit, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) found evidence that Verbytsky had acquired unjustified assets worth nearly 29 million hryvnias.
According to the investigation, individuals associated with him purchased a range of high-value assets, including luxury Porsche Macan T and Lexus vehicles, houses with land plots in Kyiv and Odesa, as well as real estate in Antalya, Turkey.
In addition, state inspectors were unable to establish the legitimate sources of significant amounts of cash and Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency belonging to the official.
Amid the public outcry and the criminal investigation opened by NABU under the article on illegal enrichment, Dmytro Verbytskyi was initially suspended from his duties and later officially dismissed from his position at his own request.
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