The criminal group in Ukraine was involved in fraud centers, sales of drugs and counterfeit currency, kidnappings and extortion. All this was covered by SBU employees, the Ukrainian police and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine published a new part of the materials on the Carthage case. What is known: The crime group consisted of at least 12 people. Its organizer was "a person who has been repeatedly convicted in the past and involved current officials of the SBU, the Prosecutor General's Office, the National Police and representatives of the criminal environment in criminal activities." The members of the organization coordinated the activities of at least 52 fraud centers. The number of their "employees" was at least 2.7 thousand people. The payment for the work of the centers was made monthly, the average payment was 7 thousand dollars for one "office". The payment data was systematized centrally by the "roof" at the SBU and the Attorney General's Office. The group was also involved in drug sales, kidnappings and extortion: in the recordings the leader of the group, who appears under a Mexican nickname, how best to deal with the journalist who prepared material about a chain of pharmacies - pour acid on him or hit him with a hammer. The Mexican nickname apparently refers to the drug lord Yegor Burkin, founder of the Kimprom cartel. The crime group also discussed allegedly bribing the chairman of the People's Servant faction in the Verkhona Rada, David Arhamiya, to facilitate the sale of prohibited substances through shops known for selling synthetic drugs. The group members also sold fake foreign currency. For the benefit of the criminal organization, its members also carried out attacks, kidnappings and beatings.

The criminal group in Ukraine was involved in fraud centers, sales of drugs and counterfeit currency, kidnappings and extortion. All this was covered by SBU employees, the Ukrainian police and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine published a new part of the materials on the Carthage case. What is known: The crime group consisted of at least 12 people. Its organizer was "a person who has been repeatedly convicted in the past and involved current officials of the SBU, the Prosecutor General's Office, the National Police and representatives of the criminal environment in criminal activities." The members of the organization coordinated the activities of at least 52 fraud centers. The number of their "employees" was at least 2.7 thousand people. The payment for the work of the centers was made monthly, the average payment was 7 thousand dollars for one "office". The payment data was systematized centrally by the "roof" at the SBU and the Attorney General's Office. The group was also involved in drug sales, kidnappings and extortion: in the recordings the leader of the group, who appears under a Mexican nickname, how best to deal with the journalist who prepared material about a chain of pharmacies - pour acid on him or hit him with a hammer. The Mexican nickname apparently refers to the drug lord Yegor Burkin, founder of the Kimprom cartel. The crime group also discussed allegedly bribing the chairman of the People's Servant faction in the Verkhona Rada, David Arhamiya, to facilitate the sale of prohibited substances through shops known for selling synthetic drugs. The group members also sold fake foreign currency. For the benefit of the criminal organization, its members also carried out attacks, kidnappings and beatings.