On 13 November, it emerged that Serhii Duka, an SBU major general and a suspect in the “Carthage” case, had been released from a remand centre.
As Suspilne reports, the full amount of bail for Duka was paid — UAH 65 million.
As he left the detention facility, the suspect appealed to MPs, urging them to “set up a temporary investigative commission to look into corruption at NABU”.
Serhii Duka and Operation “Carthage”
- The operation, which NABU and SAPO announced on 5 September, focused on exposing a criminal organisation operating within the Office of the Prosecutor General that provided “services” to shield illegal call centres in exchange for bribes. They are also suspected of laundering illegally acquired assets.
- In NABU recordings, Serhii Duka appears under the alias “Akim”. According to investigators, he knew about the activities of the group’s organiser, nicknamed “Criminal”, and helped him resolve issues not only within the SBU but also in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
- Read more about Operation “Carthage” in LB.ua’s report.
- On 6 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure on the former deputy head of the SBU Department for the Protection of National Statehood — detention until 2 January 2027, with the option of bail set at UAH 65 million.
- On 10 November, it became known that UAH 44 million had already been raised towards Duka’s bail, and on 11 November the prosecutor in the case, Mykola Karas, cited a higher figure — almost UAH 50 million.
- Duka’s lawyer said that employees of the Security Service of Ukraine were raising money on their own initiative to pay bail for the suspect in the NABU and SAPO investigation.
- He was commenting on information from Ukrainska Pravda that, in the regions, staff at the security service were allegedly being asked to contribute UAH 50,000–150,000 each: operatives were to transfer UAH 50,000, while sector heads, department heads and their deputies — UAH 150,000 each.