Crime
The police have identified the command of a Russian brigade and an FSB officer implicated in the torture of civilians in the Kyiv region
Law enforcement officers have identified Russian military personnel and an FSB representative who organised the occupation and torture of civilians in the Vyshhorod district at the start of the full-scale invasion.
“It is time to draw conclusions,” the MP said, expressing his dissatisfaction with the work of the BEB under Tsivinsky’s leadership
Danylo Getmantsev, a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, has stated that he is dissatisfied with the work of the new team at the Economic Security Bureau. According to him, the time has come to draw conclusions, so MPs plan to hear from the Bureau’s leadership as early as next month.
In the case of Matthew Perry’s death, the ‘Ketamine Queen’ has been sentenced to 15 years
Jasvin Sanghu, who last year pleaded guilty to supplying a lethal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. This is the harshest sentence handed down to any of those involved in the case.
The Department of Strategic Investigations has detained a Ukrzaliznytsia official on suspicion of accepting a bribe of $100,000
Law enforcement officers arrested the deputy head of one of the departments at JSC ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ whilst he was receiving an unlawful benefit. According to the investigation, he demanded money in exchange for facilitating the removal of railway tracks.
“I used to bring the police chief between 50,000 and 100,000 dollars from Mogilevich, and Orban 300,000 dollars or more,” – László Kovács, former member of an organised crime group in Budapest
Laszlo Kovacs, a former member of a criminal gang, has claimed that cash was handed over by Semyon Mogilevich to Hungarian officials in the 1990s. He has also promised to give official evidence in court should there be a change of government.
Bill Gates is set to give evidence to the US Congress in the Jeffrey Epstein case
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is due to appear before a US congressional committee investigating the activities of Jeffrey Epstein in June. The hearing is scheduled for 10 June.
The cyber police have uncovered a group of fraudsters who were stealing cryptocurrency via fake websites
Law enforcement officers have uncovered an organised group that was stealing citizens’ cryptocurrency via specially created malicious websites. According to the investigation, the suspects sought out victims in Telegram communities, promising to help them trade cryptocurrency, before tricking them into granting access to their digital wallets and siphoning off assets worth millions of hryvnias.
The National Police have uncovered a drug trafficking route from the EU to Ukraine
Law enforcement officers have dismantled a transnational drug trafficking ring through which cannabis extract was being smuggled from European Union countries into Ukraine. During the operation, drugs worth over 17 million hryvnias were seized.
Despite record budget losses caused by the illegal cigarette market, the Economic Security Bureau has not initiated a single investigation into the smuggling of excise goods
Over the years of the war, the budget has lost over 90 billion hryvnias due to the proliferation of illicit tobacco products. However, the Economic Security Bureau’s track record in this area is disappointing: not a single criminal case has been brought for the smuggling of excise goods, and nearly 18% of the cigarette market remains in the black market.
The SSU, the FBI and EU partners have uncovered a large-scale espionage operation involving compromised Wi-Fi routers
The Security Service of Ukraine, in collaboration with international partners, carried out a cyber operation against Russian intelligence activities. As part of the operation, a spying scheme involving vulnerable internet-connected devices was uncovered.
Fake tours: a scheme involving travel abroad has been uncovered in Kyiv
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme whereby men liable for military service were illegally sent abroad under the guise of being members of music bands. According to the investigation, the organiser set up a sole trader business specifically for this purpose, and a ‘place in the band’ cost between $7,500 and $13,000.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the detention of three defendants in the Fistal case
The High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the period of detention for three suspects in the case involving the misappropriation of over 231 million hryvnias during procurement for the National Cancer Institute. The individuals in question are Yuriy Vasilenko, director of Orthoimpex LLC; Dmytro Kaliushchenko, former secretary of the NCI’s tender committee; and Bohdan Borisyuk, head of the NCI’s lung and mediastinal tumour department.
