Kyiv police exposed a group of fraudsters and stopped the activities of fake exchangers
The accomplices disguised the rented premises as currency exchange points in Shevchenko, Podolsk and Solomyansky districts. In this way, the defendants searched 7 citizens for 122,000 euros and 282,000 US dollars. Violators face up to thirteen years in prison with confiscation of property.
Employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Kiev police, together with the operatives of the Solomyansky, Shevchenko and Podolsk police departments, exposed a group of attackers who, with the help of fake exchangers, searched Kiev residents. The participants are residents of Zaporizhzhya region, 1991 and 1993 years of birth, resident of Cherkasy region, 1983 year of birth, resident of Kyiv region, 1991 year of birth and two local residents, 1990 and 1992 years of birth.
The head of the capital police Ivan Vyhivsky said that the operatives and investigators carried out painstaking work to establish the organizer and five accomplices of the fraudulent scheme who seized citizens' money:
“The group was active for about a year. Among the accomplices was the organizer, the so-called cashiers and couriers. As we know, the violators posted online ads about currency exchange at a favorable rate and for the implementation of the criminal scheme they equipped fictitious exchange points in rented premises of Shevchenkivsk, Podolsk and Solomyansky districts. Information about the exchange of money was interested in 7 citizens who arrived with cash at the specified addresses. However, when customers gave “employees” foreign currency for counting, fraudsters escaped through a spare exit in the room.”
After carrying out a complex of operational measures, the criminal investigation officers exposed six members of the group. The defendants sought the victims for the amount of 122,000 euros and 282,000 US dollars. Currently, three of them are in detention, the rest are under round-the-clock house arrest.
Six defendants were informed by the investigators of the capital's head with the procedural agreement of the Kyiv City, Shevchenko, Podolsk and Solomiansk District Prosecutor's Offices, about the suspicion of committing criminal offenses provided for in Part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — fraud committed on a particularly large scale, as well as under Part 5 of Art. 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — robbery committed by an organized group under the conditions of martial law. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of eight to thirteen years with confiscation of property.
Currently, the police are checking the defendants for involvement in the commission of similar crimes.
Kyiv Police Communications Department
