Position and status
Sergey Vasilyevich Kropiva previously held the post of Deputy Head of the Department of International Cooperation at the Office of the Prosecutor General. In reports on court hearings, he is referred to by the pseudonym ‘Chancellor’. NABU and the SAP consider him to be the organiser of a group which, according to the investigation, received money to ensure that law enforcement agencies did not interfere with the operations of fraudulent call centres. [1] [2] [4]
How, according to the investigation, the money moved
Investigators estimate the scale of the alleged money laundering at 89.9 million hryvnias. Prosecutors have described investments in property and the transfer of assets to nominal owners. The court documents mention flats in Bukovel and sums of money which, according to the prosecution, were channelled through accounts held by individuals close to the suspects. The sum of 89.9 million hryvnias relates to the investigation’s overall case. [1] [2]
What happened in court
On 6 September 2026, the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered his detention, subject to the payment of a bail of 120 million hryvnias. According to Suspilne, on 30 October the court extended the measure and reduced the bail amount to 93 million hryvnias. Kropiva denies the charges and claims that the published recordings have been taken out of context. [2] [3]
Featured in the editorial team’s investigation
The September investigation focuses on the alleged cover-up of call centres and money laundering. In November, NABU separately described a new organisation within the ‘Carthage’ network, mentioning call centres, drug trafficking and other incidents. Our editorial team is monitoring both investigations separately to establish what links can be directly inferred from the case files. [1] [5]
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