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Zelenskyy announced stricter penalties for the operators of fraudulent call centers

UA NEWS 01 September 2026 22:52
Zelenskyy announced stricter penalties for the operators of fraudulent call centers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that draft laws aimed at increasing criminal liability for the organizers of fraudulent call centers are being prepared and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, the relevant legislative initiatives will be sent to parliament as early as this morning.

The head of state stressed that the problem of fraudulent call centers must be resolved once and for all. Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that, alongside measures taken by law enforcement agencies, decisive legislative steps are needed, and that all those involved in organizing such schemes must be held accountable.

Source: Statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram.

On August 31, a network of call centers organized by “Khimprom” to recruit drug dealers in Kazakhstan was uncovered in Ukraine. Law enforcement officials detained seven participants in the criminal scheme.

The SBU exposed Russian agents who were directing strikes on Zaporizhzhia.

In Khmelnytskyi, Prokopenko, the head of the regional SBU office, was detained.

As a reminder, a man was detained in Odesa after firing shots at TCC employees. 

Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Karchuk was detained at the border in Poland. 

A veteran of the Kraken special forces unit was detained in Kyiv.

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