The Verbytsky Case: Members of Parliament have forwarded a request from UA.NEWS to the Office of the Prosecutor General to investigate the actions of NABU and SAPO
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement has officially responded to an inquiry from the online media outlet UA.NEWS regarding possible delays in the investigation into the case of former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi.
The chairman of the relevant committee, People’s Deputy Serhiy Ionushas, sent an official request to the Office of the Prosecutor General to verify the facts presented by journalists and to respond accordingly within the scope of its authority, as evidenced by a document in the possession of UA.NEWS.
The document states that the Committee received a letter from the onlinemedia outlet UA.NEWS regarding what the author considers to be the improper conduct of the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceeding No. 52024000000000231 dated May 13, 2024.
“As can be seen from the appeal, the author points to the ineffective investigation of the aforementioned criminal proceedings and requests assistance, within the scope of authority, to ensure a full, comprehensive, and impartial investigation,” — reads the letter from Committee Chair Serhiy Ionushas addressed to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
In accordance with the provisions of the Law “On Citizens’ Appeals,” the Committee forwarded the materials of the journalistic investigation to the leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor General. The Committee Chair also demanded that prosecutors report the results of their review and the measures taken within the timeframe established by law to both the Committee itself and the author of the appeal from UA.NEWS.
As a reminder, the criminal case regarding the illegal enrichment (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) against former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi and his associates was opened by NABU back in May 2024 following a high-profile investigation by the “Schemes” program (Radio Liberty). Journalists discovered that the official owned a luxury estate in the “Konik” residential complex, purchased for one-sixth of its market value, while his girlfriend possessed assets worth a million dollars that in no way corresponded to her official income. Subsequently, the family was also found to have foreign assets, including real estate in Turkey.
Despite the fact that two years have passed since the case was opened, NABU and the SAPO have yet to announce charges against any of the suspects, and the case has not been referred to court. Due to the obvious delay in the proceedings and the violation of reasonable timeframes, the UA.NEWS editorial team appealed to the Verkhovna Rada to exercise its parliamentary oversight functions.
It is worth noting that a court had previously confirmed the validity of the allegations against the former prosecutor. On February 25, 2026, the Kyiv District Administrative Court fully sided with the NACP, denying Verbytskyi’s appeal of the results of the monitoring of his lifestyle, which had officially documented signs of a corruption offense.
Additionally, the editorial staff of the online media outlet UA.NEWS appealed to Anastasia Radina, Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada’s Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) of the Verkhovna Rada, Anastasia Radina, with a request to take parliamentary action regarding the possible delay in the investigation into the case of illegal enrichment involving former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi.
In their official appeal, the journalists ask the MP to send inquiries to the NABU and the SAPO to determine the reasons for the absence of charges in the criminal proceedings, which have been ongoing for over two years.
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