Vitaly Kasko

Vitaly Kasko (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Касько; born 29 June 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and two time Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine.[1] Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (2019).[2]

Vitaly Kasko in 2015

Kasko first tenure as Deputy Prosecutor General, under Viktor Shokin, started in 2014.[1] He resigned on February 15, 2016 denouncing the corruption and "total lawlessness" of the Prosecutor's office.[3] In late March 2016, just before Shokin's dismissal, Kasko was accused of fraud and had his apartment seized in what he claims was a revenge for his criticism.[4]

Late April 2016 Kasko was board member of Transparency International Ukraine.[5]

Kasko was again appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General on 5 September 2019 (working under Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka).[1] After Riaboshapka was dismissed by the Ukrainian parliament on 5 March 2020 Kasko resigned the following day.[6]

References
  1. Kasko appointed first deputy prosecutor general – PGO's press service, Interfax-Ukraine (6 September 2019)
    Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor Says No Foreign Assets Recovered By Predecessors, Radio Free Europe (October 17, 2019)
  2. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 868/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  3. Ex-prosecutor Kasko says Shokin gave instructions coming from MP Kononenko, Unian (26 February 2016)
  4. Notice of suspicion served against Kasko, who exposed prosecutorial corruption, Unian (11 April 2016)
  5. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/341098.html, Interfax-Ukraine (30 April 2016)
  6. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/03/17/7243930/
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