An anti-corruption court in Kiev has ordered the arrest of a man who held a senior position under former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.

The widening scandal over an alleged protection racket exposed in early September is one of several to have rocked Vladimir Zelensky’s government, prompting multiple people close to him to flee the country for fear of prosecution. Kravchenko left Ukraine before parliament could dismiss him.

The latest suspect has been identified by the media as Ivan Timoshenko, who headed the Information Technology Department under Kravchenko before also resigning.

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Timoshenko detained at the request of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), which is investigating the alleged protection racket involving scam call centers at the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO).…