Ukrainian investigators have launched a criminal probe against former Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko (pictured) over alleged ties to illegal gambling.
A state investigation bureau spokeswoman on October 1 said criminal proceedings had been opened “over suspicions of abuse of power and malfeasance in Lutsenko’s office by facilitating illegal gambling businesses.”
Lutsenko, who left his work-position in August, denied any wrongdoing, saying on his Facebook page that “you need to have a rich imagination to accuse me of links to illegal gambling”.
Investigators in Kyiv opened the case against Lutsenko following a request by a senior lawmaker in Zelenskiy’s party. Authorities are required to open cases if asked to by members of parliament.
Lutsenko served-in from 2016 to 2019. He resigned in August after newly elected President Zelenskiy said he wanted the prosecutor-general to be “100 percent my person, my candidate.”
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