The Attorney General of Ukraine, Ruslan Kravchenko, rejected charges of corruption after searches carried out on the weekend in the U.S. Attorney's Office, in a case involving fraudulent care centers.
© Presidency of Ukraine
07/09/2026
by
Lusa
Ukraine/Russia
A ukrainian anti-corruption agency (NABU) and the prosecutor specializing in these cases (SAP) announced on Saturday the dismantling of a money laundering network “directed by a head of the Attorney General’s office”, where they conducted searches.
Researchers accused the network of receiving money to protect fraudulent care centers that organized phone schemes, “legalizing fortunes that amounted to millions.”.
The bribes were spent on acquiring real estate, jewelry and other valuables, according to NABU.
“ I reject the allegations that I have participated in the reception of funds from illegal care centers and their whitening,” Kravchenko said in a message released on Sunday night, quoted today by the news agency France-Presse (AFP).
Kravchenko assured that the accusations of anti-corruption structures “have no basis” and that he carries out expenses “with due regard for existing legislation and declared income”.
NABU released photographs showing a safe full of bundles of dollar bills and had to identify five members of the money laundering network without naming them.
According to the specialized Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), the sector of fraudulent care centers employs almost 60,000 people in Ukraine, the equivalent of two-thirds of the staff in the banking sector.
The fraudulent care centers can generate up to one billion dollars (860 million euros, to the current exchange) of revenue per month.
Corruption has been a recurring problem in Ukraine for several years and a number of major scandals have arisen since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, including within the army.
In August, President Volodymyr Zelensky exonerated Iryna Mudra, deputy of his chief of staff, for involvement in a money laundering case.
Zelensky's right-hand man, Andrii Yermak, was led to resign in November 2025, due to a case of diversion of funds orchestrated by Timur Mindich, an entrepreneur considered close to the President.
Mindich is currently on the run abroad.