National police detained a group of fraudsters in Kyiv who “traded” the positions of high-ranking officials
Information about the group of scammers was received by the Department of Internal Security of the NPU from one of the police officers. The attackers offered for 220 thousand US dollars to “install” him as the head of the GUNP of one of the central regions of Ukraine. Together with the Main Investigation Department of the National Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the defendants were detained for the transfer of funds.
The head of one of the structural units of the police informed the Department of Internal Security of the NPU about the receipt of a corruption proposal. The two men, who positioned themselves as influential persons, assured the policeman that they solve the issues of personnel appointments, in particular in the National Police of Ukraine. And so they can agree on the position of the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in one of the central regions of Ukraine. The price of the issue is 220 thousand US dollars.
According to internal security materials, the investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the NPU, under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, initiated criminal proceedings under Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
By joint actions, law enforcement officers established the identities of these “influential people”, they turned out to be a 48-year-old Kiev resident and a 60-year-old previously convicted resident of Zaporizhzhia. The conspirators systematically called the police official, assuring that his “appointment” was already in process, they only needed to transfer the above amount to them. In the end, they agreed to meet in the capital.
On the transfer of the first part of the “reward” - 120 thousand US dollars - employees of the DVB and the CSU of the NPU, with the support of the FIB Rapid Response Department and the procedural guidance of the GPU Office, detained the participants of the criminal group. The funds have been withdrawn. The defendants were notified of suspicion of fraud by an organized group - part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Violators are threatened with imprisonment for a term of 5 to 12 years with confiscation of property. Currently, they have been detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Further investigative actions are ongoing to establish other episodes of scammers and their possible accomplices.
Department of Internal Security of the National Police of Ukraine
