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Why Ukraine's financial intelligence chief is facing an anti-corruption probe
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Why Ukraine's financial intelligence chief is facing an anti-corruption probe

by Dominic Culverwell

Detectives from Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau searched the country’s State Financial Monitoring Service as part of an investigation into the agency’s head, Filip Pronin, who is a suspect in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, an official close to the matter confirmed to the Kyiv Independent on condition of anonymity on June 12. Ukrainian media first reported that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) had searched the offices on June 10. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a lawmaker and deputy

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