In Lviv, law enforcement officers stopped the activities of the organized criminal group “apartment scammers”
The police found that the intruders illegally seized five real estate objects worth more than 5.5 million hryvnias. In addition, their involvement in fraudulent possession of 12 other premises has been established.
The participants of the organized criminal group were exposed by the operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine together with the operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department and investigators of the Lviv region police, under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
The criminal group consisted of three people: the organizer was a 40-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Lviv district and the assistants were residents of Lviv and the region aged 33 and 47.
As established by law enforcement officers, intruders searched in Lviv apartments and other real estate objects that were owned by both citizens and municipal property of the city, produced fake title documents for these real estate objects, seals and stamps of enterprises, institutions and organizations, as well as faked relevant certificates.
In the future, using these forged documents, they obtained certificates of ownership of real estate objects, changed the locks of the entrance doors of the premises and implemented them.
Thus, the members of the organized criminal group illegally seized five real estate objects worth more than 5.5 million hryvnias. In addition, their involvement in fraudulent possession of twelve other premises was established.
During authorized searches of the premises of intruders, law enforcement officers discovered and seized significant amounts of funds, draft records, copies of contracts and various documents, receipts and other material evidence confirming their involvement in the commission of criminal offenses.
Investigators informed the organizer and participants of the criminal group about the suspicion of committing criminal offenses provided for:
• Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, • Part 3 of Article 28 — Part 3, Part 4 of Article 358 (Counterfeiting of documents, seals, stamps, etc. links, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps, committed by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine,
• Part 3, Part 4 of Article 358 (Counterfeiting documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine • Part 2 Art.
28 — Part 4 of Article 358 (Forgery of documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps, committed by a previous group of persons) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum punishment provided for by the sanctions of the articles is imprisonment for a period up to two years Ten years of confiscation of property.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Law enforcement officers take measures to return real estate to their rightful owners.
National Police of Ukraine
