The TV series “I Was Targeted”: Dmytro Verbytskyi has written a new blog post about his fortune worth millions
The controversial former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi, whose past as a prosecutor is clearly weighing more and more heavily on his fledgling political career within the ranks of “Batkivshchyna,” has reemerged in the public sphere with an act of profound self-purification.
This time, Verbytsky has taken to his personal blog to restore justice, where he presented the first part of his epic series titled “Criminal Acts on Order or the NACP’s Incompetence?”
The former high-ranking official hasn’t lost hope that he can prove to the public through his words: a large-scale media campaign has been launched against him, aimed at “artificially perpetuating the image of a corrupt official.” And anyway, everyone around him simply can’t read or count, while he alone, in his white suit and armed with a linguistic analysis report, holds the upper hand.
Legal Linguistics: “Possibly” Instead of 30 Million
Verbytskyi delivers the main blow to the anti-corruption system from an unexpected direction—the realm of philology. Instead of accepting, acknowledging, coming to terms with, and finally explaining where the undeclared millions in his family came from, the former prosecutor triumphantly quotes the NACP’s “Reasoned Conclusion.” It turns out that the government agency uses such insidious and ambiguous words as “possibly,” “may indicate,” and “there are grounds to believe.”
This linguistic analysis, according to Verbytsky, completely nullifies the results of the full audit.
Unfortunately for the former prosecutor, in the real world, where the Criminal Code applies, the NACP has already forwarded the case materials to the NABU. And there, the dry figures confirm:
- False statements in the declaration amounting to a modest 2 million 379 thousand hryvnias (Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- Signs of illicit enrichment amounting to a staggering 30 million 266 thousand hryvnias, the origin of which cannot be explained by the family’s official income (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
But Verbytskyy remains unyielding: if the NACP writes “possibly,” then the 30 million in illegal assets must simply be a figment of the investigators’ imagination.
Turkish Magic: How to Get Confused Between Your Mom and Your Ex-Wife
The first part of the blog is entirely devoted to a luxury apartment in Turkey, allegedly purchased with his mother’s money. Verbytsky is genuinely outraged: the NACP dared to value this property at $323,000, citing a TSN television report on the Oxo Beach residential complex.
The former prosecutor pulls his trump card out of his sleeve—official TAPU documents and a market appraisal report, according to which the apartment is actually worth between $72,000 and $88,000. So does that mean Verbytska Sr., as a true patron of the Turkish economy, actually overpaid by giving $133,000? It’s high time for Dmytro Anatoliyovych to write to the Turkish Consumer Protection Association to demand compensation for the difference. That is, if Mom didn’t throw the receipts away during her latest cleaning spree. And she might have. Important documents end up in the trash just like that.
“How did the NACP ‘verify’ the TV report but ignore the official documents?” the author asks dramatically.
However, while Verbytsky is passionately battling the TV over his “mother’s” apartment, NAZK investigators have uncovered an even more intriguing discrepancy. In an attempt to hide his foreign assets, the former official became completely confused about the status of his ex-wife, Viktoria Verbytska.
In his interviews, Verbytskyi insisted that since their divorce in 2023, his ex-wife had become a complete stranger to him, and therefore he had no connection whatsoever to her assets. But then disaster struck—his legal ignorance got the better of his experience as a prosecutor. Verbytsky personally included in his declaration a whole series of real estate properties registered to his “stranger” ex-wife, sheepishly referring to this as “free use (his ex-wife’s place of residence)”.
Among the items listed in this “gentleman’s package” were:
- Another apartment and a plot of land in the elite Turkish resort of Antalya (Alanya);
- A luxurious residential house in Odesa with an area of 420.1 square meters, along with the land beneath it.
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) reviewed this display of unprecedented generosity and concluded that this information should not have been listed there at all. Moreover, anti-corruption officials clearly established that all these properties in Turkey and Odesa were acquired with Dmytro Verbytskyi’s personal funds. The attempt to use his ex-wife as a front failed: Verbytsky himself documented his connection to this property and his right to dispose of it directly or indirectly.
A Mathematical Genius and a Mysterious Father
Later in the text, the former prosecutor expresses dissatisfaction with the calculations of NACP staff, accusing them of “being unable to balance debits and credits.” Anti-corruption investigators pointed out that the prosecutor’s mother had purchased so many cars that she simply could not have had enough money left to lend her son for an apartment in Turkey.
But the former deputy prosecutor general reveals the secret to a successful business: the cars were bought first and then sold at a profit. And to finish off the inspectors once and for all, Verbytsky plays his trump card—his father’s income, which the NACP completely forgot to verify. In other words, the Verbitskys’ family budget is some kind of bottomless well where hryvnias were automatically converted into dollars at the official NBU exchange rate, and inflation worked exclusively in favor of the prosecutor’s pocket.
“The commissioner simply doesn’t know how to count… or was this done on purpose?” Verbytsky laments.
Indeed, it’s convenient to hide behind a deceased father: you can’t verify his income, and you can’t ask him anymore.
Legitimate Revenge by an Illegitimate Inspector
A special place in this system of global conspiracy is held by an NACP employee whom Verbytsky had previously accused of “personal revenge” due to his corrupt past. Here, the former prosecutor’s parallel reality once again shatters against the cold, hard facts.
The NACP’s official response to a journalist’s inquiry was ruthless: the inspector in question was indeed once listed in the Register of Corrupt Officials, but he was legally removed from it back in November 2022. And the investigation itself was conducted by a fully legitimate internal control unit. So he won’t be able to blame his undeclared millions on the machinations of a “discredited enemy.”
A “dissertation” against corruption and renting from a friend: the controversial Dmytro Verbytskyi explains how he’s evading mobilization and court proceedings
Instead of facing trial, the notorious former official is now calmly sipping coffee and building a political career, complaining to the cameras of investigative journalists: “I don’t live a lavish life, but I don’t live poorly either.” What’s more, it turns out that his luxurious home in the capital is simply an act of incredible friendly generosity. Commenting on the pittance-like rent for a house in an elite cottage community, Verbytskyy looks journalists straight in the eye and assures them: “I’m renting it from a friend. Well, this isn’t a perk; these are average market rates for renting houses, uh, in this region. And this has been verified, uh, by NAZK officials.”
While the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) seem to be trying to find their way to court for the third year in a row, the former law enforcement official has found a foolproof way to avoid mobilization—he’s become a graduate student and is working on his dissertation. The topic of this academic work by a man with millions in unexplained assets is simply mockingly perfect: “anti-corruption legislation.” Asserting that “I’ve been studying my whole life,” the former prosecutor—who is practically a professor already—has already outlined his plans for the future: “I want to continue working at a university and pass on my knowledge.” And there’s certainly plenty to pass on—for example, a unique scheme for officially earning about $2,000 at the prosecutor’s office while receiving “birthday gifts” from relatives.
“Well, they helped out—they gave me gifts for my birthday, and that was my savings… Well, my mother could have given me $5,000,” the future luminary of science declares without a hint of embarrassment.
When the conversation turns to the origin of his family’s wealth, the classic, rock-solid legend of Ukrainian bureaucracy about wealthy relatives comes into play.
“My father was a captain on a long-haul ship. I think you understand how much a long-haul ship captain earns. Well, starting at $10,000 a month,” Verbytsky boasts. But for some reason, he refused to brag about his new Audi SQ8 worth 100 thousand greenbacks on camera, instantly switching to a tone of aggressive defense:
“Look, this car is registered in my name. You can look it up online. If you want, I’ll come to your studio, I’ll give you an interview, I’ll show you the documents. Show me the questions you want to ask. I’ll give them to you. I’ll give you the document. Conduct the interview objectively. I don’t like provocations like the one you’re pulling right now.” Verbytskyi now plans to scale up all this “anti-corruption” success in the world of big-time politics—he has taken the helm of the district branch of Yulia Tymoshenko’s party. However, even here the logic has gone out the window, because, in the words of the newly minted party member himself: “As of today, whether to go into politics or not—I’m not yet, let’s say, fully ready to go into politics. I am currently a party member and serve as the head of the branch in the Khadzhibeyevsky District. No, I do not sponsor the party.”
Under what exact conditions “Batkivshchyna” took in such a toxic figure remains an open question. For now, Dmytro Anatoliyovych feels so confident and immune from consequences that, instead of sitting in the dock, he’s attacking law enforcement officials himself: “I am currently in a legal battle with the NACP, since the NACP clearly stated in a publication that they found evidence of illicit enrichment on my part, that they identified the elements of a crime, and that all of this was acquired on my instructions.”
The former prosecutor actively flaunts his legal battles on Facebook, personally racking up hundreds of reposts under his own posts to create the illusion of support. However, the public does not find this amusing at all, because behind the facade of these absurd justifications and partisan manipulations, a sad reality is clearly evident: the Verbytsky case may simply be deliberately and artificially stalled behind the scenes by anti-corruption agencies.
In Conclusion
Dmytro Verbytskyi continues to play a fascinating game: “Everyone around me is a fool; I alone am D’Artagnan.” The media distorts the facts, the NACP manipulates, the BEB isn’t looking in the right direction, and TSN is filming incorrectly.
However, no matter how many self-justifying blog posts there are, the actual documents are with NABU. There, instead of linguistic speculation, concrete figures are presented. And the UA.News editorial team continues to monitor how Khrystyna Ilnytska’s hands, adorned with expensive Rolexes, hand out meager grocery bags to pensioners in Odesa. We have the documents right here. We’re waiting for the second part of the blog.
