Head of Ukrainian anti-corruption agency calls case files released by prosecutor general nonsense
Semen Kryvonos, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), has called case files released by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko nonsense and refused to comment on them.
Source: Kryvonos during a press conference
Quote: "I do not comment and I do not intend to comment on nonsense and Telegram notices of suspicion."
Details: Kryvonos once again said that no one has formally served him with a notice of suspicion.
Quote: "I have not seen a paper document notifying me of suspicion. No one has served it on me, no one has brought it to NABU or the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office."
More details: Asked to comment on video footage released by Kravchenko, which showed the "interrogation" of a woman, Kryvonos again said he has no intention of commenting on "fabricated nonsense".
Background:
- On 14 September, Kravchenko posted a video entitled "Episode 1. Part One", featuring case files which indicate that Kryvonos is suspected of voter bribery and the fictitious adoption of a child to evade liability in court.
- On 7 September, Kravchenko submitted his resignation as prosecutor general amid the NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) investigation into the "protection" of scam call centres.
- On the morning of 14 September, Kravchenko said he signed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos of forging documents to extract illegal gains on a particularly large scale and of sham adoption.
- According to Ukrainska Pravda sources in law enforcement, Kravchenko left Ukraine in an official car on the night of 13-14 September.
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