Kropyva Serhii Vasylovych

“Carthage” case: protection of fraudulent call centres and laundering of assets

On 5 September 2026 NABU and SAPO announced the exposure of a criminal organisation whose members, according to investigators, systematically received undue advantage from fraudulent call centres and laundered the funds; investigators consider an official of the Office of the Prosecutor General to be the organiser. Serhii Kropyva was served a notice of suspicion. At the HACC hearing on the pre-trial restraint measure, the prosecution named a laundering amount of UAH 89.9 million: UAH 41.7 million (August 2025 – September 2026) and UAH 48.2 million (August 2023 – May 2025). The official NABU statement names neither the person nor a total amount: it refers to over UAH 20 million spent on real estate and valuables, over UAH 12 million in assets re-registered to third parties, and over UAH 10 million in accounts of close persons. According to a Bihus.Info investigation citing investigation materials, Kropyva's relatives invested in four apartments and three parking spaces in the Glacier apartment complex (Bukovel) with an approximate market value of UAH 28.5 million. Kropyva denies his guilt. There is no verdict.

Pre-trial investigation body:

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Proceedings:

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Charges:

ст. 255 КК України, ст. 209 КК України

Co-defendants according to investigators: Івахненко Єлизавета Олександрівна, Сліпчук Данило Олегович