A former associate dean of the Odesa Law Academy has resurfaced in the “Carthage” case

Yelyzaveta Ivakhnenko, a suspect in the NABU and SAPO “Carthage” operation, held the position of associate dean of the Faculty of Cybersecurity and Information Technology at the Odesa Law Academy at the age of 22. She no longer holds that position.

Thiswas reportedby Slidstvo.Info.

The first mentions of Ivakhnenko on the academy’s website appeared in 2020, when she was a third-year student in the Faculty of Civil and Commercial Justice. She later became a graduate student in the Department of International and European Law.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, Ivakhnenko represented the academy as the associate dean of the Faculty of Cybersecurity and Information Technology. In this role, she, among other things, conducted career guidance sessions for high school students. In May 2025, Ivakhnenko also represented the law academy at the forum “Synergy of the South—A Course Toward Digital Transformation.” Currently, her name does not appear among the faculty leadership.

In July 2025, Ivakhnenko registered a sole proprietorship with its primary business activity in the field of law. According to journalists, in June 2025, she became the owner of a 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE 350, and in October, she purchased a non-residential property with an area of over 150 square meters in the Pechersk district of Kyiv.

Law enforcement officials link Ivakhnenko to Serhiy Kropiva, who is identified as one of the members of an organization that provided a cover for the activities of fraudulent call centers.

On September 5, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced the dismantling of a criminal organization which, according to the investigation, was created and led in mid-2025 by one of the heads of a structural unit within the Office of the Prosecutor General. Investigators believe that members of the organization received money in exchange for not interfering with the call centers’ operations, and that they invested part of the funds in real estate and other valuable assets.

One of the key pieces of evidence was a recording in which a woman, identified by investigators as “Musa,” discussed hiding valuable property in the event of a potential investigation. 

As reported by Intent, on September 6, the High Anti-Corruption Court remanded Serhiy Kropiva, former deputy head of the Odesa Regional State Administration, into custody, setting bail at 120 million hryvnias. 

Анна Літман