Ukraine orders detention of ex-SBU general in Carthage case
The order gives Duka the option of posting bail of 65 million hryvnias, about $1.4 million, prosecutors said.
Ukraine's Supreme Anti-Corruption Court ordered the detention of Sergey Duka, a former first deputy head of a department of the Security Service of Ukraine, on Friday, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office said, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.
The court acted on a request from detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, known as NABU, the prosecutor's office said on Telegram.
The order allows Duka to be released if he posts bail of 65 million hryvnias, about $1.4 million, the prosecutors said.
The case, known as Carthage, took a new turn on Wednesday when NABU released fresh materials.
The bureau said it had uncovered a new criminal group that, with help from senior staff of the SBU, the National Police and the Prosecutor General's office, ran fraudulent call centers and was also involved in drug trafficking, counterfeit currency production, kidnappings and extortion.
NABU carried out dozens of searches on the same day, the bureau said.
The SBU dismissed two senior employees whose names were not disclosed.
NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office are Ukrainian bodies that investigate corruption at a high level, and cases they bring are heard by the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.
The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, is the country's main domestic security agency, and its officials have been named in several recent corruption probes.
