Internal Security of the National Police has stopped the activities of an organized group that produced false documents
Operatives of the Department of Internal Security of NPU established a criminal group that was engaged in the production of official documents to order, which are issued, in particular, by the bodies of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. For printing and selling fakes, attackers face up to 12 years in prison.
Employees of the Department of Internal Security of NPU received information about the activities of a group of persons that produces and distributes forged documents of state bodies on the territory of Ukraine. During the check, the identity of the organizer was established, who turned out to be a resident of Kiev, previously repeatedly convicted of committing similar crimes.
The man and his two accomplices - residents of the capital and Chernihiv region - set up the production of fake documents, in particular with holographic protective elements: driver's license, vehicle registration certificate, foreign documents, diplomas of higher educational institutions, etc.
Clients were searched through social networks. The finished goods were transferred by postal service, long-distance transport or by “bookmarks” on the territory of Kiev. The profit received was distributed among the participants of the group.
Law enforcement officers collected the evidence base of the organized group's criminal activities and conducted sanctioned searches at the place of residence of the defendants. Counterfeiting equipment, rolls of tape with protective holographic images, seals, documents with signs of forgery, strict reporting forms, office equipment and information carriers, bank cards and mobile phones were seized.
At present, under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, the investigators of the TU SBI, located in the city of Kyiv, announced their suspicion of the organizing group under Art. 27, part 3 of Art. 199 (Manufacture, storage, acquisition, transportation, shipment, importation into Ukraine for use in the sale of goods, sale or sale of counterfeit money, state securities, state lottery tickets, excise tax stamps or holographic protective elements) and Article 27, Part 3 of Article 28, Part 3 of Art. 358 (Forgery of documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Such suspicion is also given to his accomplices - a 24-year-old Kyiv resident and a 40-year-old resident of Chernihiv.
For the actions committed, offenders face punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years.
Department of Internal Security of the National Police of Ukraine
