Investigators and operatives of the National Police exposed an organized criminal group in the illegal possession of capital real estate worth 72 million hryvnias
The OZG consisted of six people. Three attackers have already been notified of suspicion. The attackers illegally seized real estate in the center of the capital, which belonged to companies, including those with foreign investments.
During the pre-trial investigation, the investigators of the Corruption Crimes Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine together with the operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police established that the organized criminal group illegally seized five objects of elite real estate in the capital. The property belonged to two law firms. One of the companies has foreign investments.
Law enforcers found out that the attackers used pre-forged title documents of law companies. Without the knowledge of the owners, the offenders entered into sales contracts and re-registered the ownership of real estate to one of the members of the OZG. Illegally obtained property was legalized by intruders, and the funds received were distributed among themselves.
The criminal group included six men: the 56-year-old organizer and five of his accomplices. All attackers had their role in the specified scheme — a pseudo-director, a pseudo-buyer, responsible for the power unit during the conclusion of contracts and the transfer of funds.
Under this “scheme”, the defendants seized five real estate objects totaling more than 72 million hryvnias.
On August 19 of this year, on the territory of Kyiv, Kyiv, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, the police conducted 12 simultaneous sanctioned searches in the places of residence and stay of members of the OZG. As a result, law enforcement officers discovered and seized material evidence that confirms their criminal activities.
Three members of the OZG were declared suspected of committing criminal offenses provided for in Part 3 of Art. 28 (Committing a criminal offense by a group of persons, a group of persons by prior conspiracy, organized group or criminal organization), part 3 of Art. 206-2 (Illegal possession of property of an enterprise, institution, organization) and part 3 of Art. 209 (Legalization (laundering) of income received by criminal means) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Violators are threatened with imprisonment for up to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years with the confiscation of property.
Police officers carry out further procedural measures aimed at documenting the activities of members of the OZG. The pre-trial investigation was conducted in cooperation and taking into account the information received from the Business Ombudsman Council on the basis of the Memorandum dated September 7, 2016.
Procedural leadership is carried out by prosecutors of the Office of the Attorney General.
Department of Communications of the National Police of Ukraine
