Police detained defendants who, having gone on bail, continued real estate scams
The organizer and five of her accomplices tried to carry out a fictitious sale of two apartments. In case of a successful scam, they planned to sell three more real estate objects worth UAH 5 million. The criminal plans of fraudsters were thwarted by police officers who detained all members of the group.
They exposed the criminal “scheme” of selling apartments on fictitious documents, established all participants in the transaction and the role of each in it by the operatives of the Strategic Investigations Department together with the investigators of the Kiev police.
According to the investigation, a 39-year-old previously convicted resident of the Kiev region organized the transaction. She has repeatedly fallen into the field of view of law enforcement agencies for real estate scams. Currently, the woman is a defendant in several cases of fraud with citizens' apartments totaling more than 6 million UAH. While at large in connection with the filing of bail and awaiting a court decision, she decided to turn a new fraudulent scheme around.
As accomplices, the organizer involved a resident of Kyiv, who previously “collaborated” with her and is now also a defendant in a case of kidnapping people in order to seize their apartments. Directly the leader of the group acted as a notary. To make the process realistic, she involved a “notary assistant” and a “realtor”. A man and a woman were also selected for the role of apartment owners. Having found bona fide buyers, they were invited to conclude a transaction for the purchase and sale of two apartments. In case of a successful scam, they planned to sell three more real estate objects worth more than UAH 5 million.
In addition, during the pre-trial investigation, the police received evidence of the involvement of the organizer and the Kyiv resident in the organization of an illegal channel for the transportation of evaders abroad. They promised to produce a package of fictitious documents for the unhindered crossing of the border: passports, birth certificates of children and the certificate of the father of a large family.
According to the results of the authorized searches, the police seized computer equipment, mobile phones, notebooks, forged title documents for real estate, seals.
Six defendants have been notified of suspicion. The organizers and her longtime accomplice have already chosen a precautionary measure - detention with the right to deposit more than 805 thousand UAH of bail to each, the false owner of one of the apartments - arrest with an alternative in the form of 214 thousand UAH bail.
For the crime, the defendants may face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
National Police of Ukraine
