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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]
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]
- ^ a b c 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) - ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 868/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Ex-prosecutor Kasko says Shokin gave instructions coming from MP Kononenko, Unian (26 February 2016)
- ^ Notice of suspicion served against Kasko, who exposed prosecutorial corruption, Unian (11 April 2016)
- ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/341098.html, Interfax-Ukraine (30 April 2016)
- ^ "Чумак не захотів працювати з Венедіктовою в Офісі генпрокурора".