Dnipro region exposes fraudsters who forged a number of documents to seize UAH 3.8 million from an agricultural company

Dnipro region exposes fraudsters who forged a number of documents to seize UAH 3.8 million from an agricultural company

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The police exposed a criminal group that tried to illegally seize UAH 3.8 million from an agricultural company by forging documents. Four suspects, including lawyers and a judge, were served with a notice of suspicion.

In Dnipropetrovs'k region, law enforcement officers exposed a criminal group that tried to illegally seize property and funds of a private company by forging documents.

Written by UNN with reference to the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.

Details

A criminal group operating in Dnipropetrovs'k region was served a notice of suspicion. They are suspected of intent to illegally seize property and cash in particularly large amounts. The suspects include the head of a law firm, an arbitrator, a lawyer and another member of the group.

In accordance with the plan, the criminals prepared a number of fictitious documents, including a loan agreement between two individuals totaling UAH 3.8 million. The offenders arbitrarily made the director of an agricultural company a guarantor. Due to the borrower's insolvency, the director of the agricultural enterprise was supposed to pay the entire amount of the "owed" funds to the lender. It turned out to be one of the members of the criminal group, who had supporting documents with seals and signatures of the arbitrator. 

- the police inform.

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However, the illegal intentions of the "businessmen" were thwarted by operatives of Dnipropetrovs'k region.

Police officers, with the force support of the KORD special forces, conducted searches at the residences, offices and vehicles of the defendants in the Dnipro region. During the investigations, they seized cell phones, SIM cards, computer equipment, receipts, and "draft" records.

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Based on the results of the evidence, the head of the law firm - the organizer of the financial transaction - the lawyer and the arbitrator, according to the role of each, were served with a notice of suspicion:

- part 2 of Article 15 part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud);

- part 2 of Article 28 part 3 of Article 365-2 (Abuse of power by persons providing public services);

- Article 28(3), Article 358(3), (4) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (forgery of documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps).

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Another suspect was served a notice of suspicion in absentia.

The offenders face imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.

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