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Ukraine prosecutor general steps down amid scam call center bribery probe
Ukraine's prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned amid a probe into officials who allegedly took bribes to protect fraudulent call centers.
Ukraine's prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned over an anti-corruption probe into officials who allegedly took bribes since mid-2025 to protect fraudulent call centers; he has not been charged. NABU named five suspects, including senior prosecutor Serhii Kropyva, who was remanded with bail of 120 million hryvnias (about $2.7 million) on suspicion of laundering over 89 million hryvnias (roughly $2 million). The scam centers targeted victims in Ukraine and abroad; Ukrainian authorities reported shutting about 340 call centers over the past year, including 94 in a single week during a nationwide crackdown.
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NSA installs DHS lawyer as new general counsel
NSA confirmed Kerianne Tobitsch, formerly a senior DHS lawyer, began as the agency's general counsel on June 15, 2026, after a year-long vacancy.
The NSA appointed Kerianne Tobitsch, previously a senior lawyer at the Department of Homeland Security and a former Jones Day partner, as general counsel effective June 15, 2026, filling a role that had been vacant for roughly a year. The role oversees lawyers who review and approve clandestine operations. The previous general counsel, April Falcon Doss, was fired in 2022 after conservative media criticism amplified on social media, and two other senior NSA lawyers retired around that time. Tobitsch is expected to play a role in upcoming congressional efforts to renew FISA Section 702, which sunset in June 2026.
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