In the Kherson region, the police informed the members of the criminal group about the suspicion of illegal organization of the gaming business
On June 10, the police informed all defendants of suspicion of involvement in the commission of criminal offenses provided for in Part 3 of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Committing a criminal offense by a group of persons, a group of persons by prior conspiracy, organized group or criminal organization” and Part 1 of Art.. 203-2 Criminal Code “Illegal activities for the organization or conduct of gambling, lotteries”. The pre-trial investigation continues.
Recall that on January 4 of this year in Novaya Kakhovka, employees of the Strategic Investigation Department in Kherson region, together with the investigators of the regional head of police under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor's office of the region, exposed the activities of an underground gambling establishment. As a result of the searches, computer equipment, other media and draft records were seized. During the pre-trial investigation, law enforcement officers established that the illegal gaming business was carried out by a criminal group with signs of organization out of 7 people.
According to the deputy chief of the investigative department of the regional police chief Viktor Baranetsky, during the pre-trial investigation, law enforcement officers established that the group began its illegal activities in 2020. The attackers carried out illegal activities in the field of gambling business by providing access to gambling using computer equipment and slot machine simulation software via the Internet.
The group consisted of 7 people, two of whom are organizers. They carried out the general management of the criminal group, searched the premises, provided equipment and computer equipment, set up computer programs, disposed of money received from illegal activities. The other 5 participants were performers, that is, they provided citizens with the opportunity to gamble directly for money.
Yesterday, investigators informed all defendants about the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 1 of Article 203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with a qualifying feature — “committed as part of an organized group”. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of a fine in the amount of ten thousand to forty thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of one year. The pre-trial investigation continues.
Police communication department of Kherson region
