Spread of criminal influence in the capital's detention center: the so-called “spy” and his accomplice were reported on suspicion
“Smystryashky” is a 27-year-old man convicted of committing a fatal accident in 2018, in which a 10-year-old child died. The second defendant in the case is a “criminal authority”, who last came into the field of view of law enforcement in April 2022 for cooperation with the occupation forces of the Russian Federation and the fact of looting in Bucha, Kiev region.
On the territory of the capital's correctional institution, the perpetrators organized a stable hierarchical association — a criminal organization with the aim of committing intentional serious and especially serious criminal offenses. The “criminal authority” and the “criminal authority” controlled the financial receipts and distributed the funds received from criminal activities, both within the territory of the controlled institution and beyond its borders. The “Criminal Authority” was engaged in accounting: it recorded all receipts and expenses, carried out a reconciliation of funds withdrawn from the detention center and received from the “criminal community” at will.
The circulation of funds in the “thief community” for 2 years reached 35 million hryvnias.
During the investigation, the operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations together with the investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police conducted a series of searches in the places of residence and detention of the defendants. As a result of the measures taken, law enforcement officers seized computers, telephones, dozens of bank cards and “rough” records of the movement of funds obtained by criminal means.
On November 23, on the basis of the evidence received under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, the so-called “spy” and his accomplice were informed of the suspicion. For the spread of criminal influence (Part 2, 3 of Article 255-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), defendants may be threatened with imprisonment for a period of 8 to 15 years with confiscation of property. Investigative actions continue.
Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine
