DVB exposed residents of Kharkiv region to produce illegal documents for crossing the state border
Within the framework of the protection of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, operatives of the Department of Internal Security and investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine established and stopped the criminal activity of a group of persons. The attackers were engaged in the production and sale of forged documents to persons for the illegal crossing of the border of Ukraine by Russia and the temporarily occupied territory.
At the end of 2020, the operatives of the Department of Internal Security of NPU received information about a group of persons who in the territory of the capital and Kharkiv region established a scheme for transferring persons across the state border with subsequent legalization by forging documents for them.
A 46-year-old resident of Kharkiv region was involved in criminal transactions. The man accepted orders for the production of fake passports of a citizen of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the so-called “DPR” and “LPR”, taxpayer cards, permanent or temporary residence permits, foreign passports, diplomas of higher education, etc.
His 45-year-old accomplice was responsible for producing forged documents, in particular with protective holographic elements, which are issued by the executive authorities. Conspirators took up work only after a preliminary 100 percent payment.
According to the materials collected by the DVB of the NPU, the investigators of the General Prosecutor's Office of the National Police, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, initiated criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 209 (Legalization (laundering) of income received criminally), part 3 of Art. 332 (Illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine), part 2 of Art. 358 (Forgery of documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps) and Part 2 of Article 366 (Service forgery) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Law enforcement officers made several operational purchases of various kinds of documents, the examination of which confirmed the fact of forgery.
With the physical support of the fighters of the special purpose police of the GUNP in the Kharkiv region and the rapid response department of the FIB NPU, authorized searches were carried out at the place of residence of the defendants of the group. Detected and seized: forged stamps and seals of executive authorities, strict reporting forms, documents with signs of forgery, equipment for the production of forged documents, office equipment, “rough” records.
At the moment, the police investigators have already announced a suspicion under Part 1 of Article 209 and Part 3 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. His accomplice was given a suspicion under Part 3 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code. A petition for the election of a preventive measure has been submitted to the court.
Department of Homeland Security
National Police of Ukraine
