The verification failed: The NACP sought evidence of inaccuracies in former prosecutor Verbytskyi’s statements via the LUN platform
During an investigation into the assets of former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) attempted to verify his public explanations using Ukraine’s largest specialized service. In one of his interviews, Verbytskyi actively asserted that the prices of properties owned by his associates were entirely market-based, and that the anti-corruption agency was allegedly “taking figures from the internet” instead of simply visiting the developer’s website or checking publicly available price lists.
According to an official statement from the agency, the NACP sent an official written request directly to LUN KO LLC, which operates a popular platform for monitoring the primary housing market. However, the attempt to verify Verbytskyi’s claims against the service’s database came to nothing—by the time the full review of the declaration was completed, no official response had been received from LUN KO LLC.
Nevertheless, the platform’s silence did not hinder the investigation. In the absence of a response, anti-corruption officials conducted final calculations of the real estate’s value using other available information—official registries, bank statements, and forensic expert reports.
As a result, the former official’s claim of “affordable market-rate housing” completely collapsed, and the NACP documented signs of Verbytsky’s illicit enrichment totaling over 30 million hryvnias.
It recently came to light 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 “Batkivshchyna” party confirmed in response to a request from UA.News that Verbytskyi is already a member of Yulia Tymoshenko’s party.
As a reminder, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) has published the results of its investigation into former Deputy Prosecutor General Verbytskyi. The agency’s official documents completely refute the former official’s public statements regarding the alleged “cleanliness” of his assets and the existence of any “international audits.”
Earlier, as this publication learned, the Odesa regional branch of “Batkivshchyna” officially confirmed that Dmytro Verbytskyi is a member of the party. In response to previous inquiries, the Odesa branch noted that the party’s charter contains no restrictions for individuals with “relevant professional experience,” effectively ignoring a series of corruption scandals surrounding the former prosecutor and the existence of criminal proceedings by the NABU.
