Kyiv law enforcement officers detained members of the group who were defrauding citizens under the guise of law enforcement officers and employees of the TCC
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In Kyiv, law enforcement officers detained members of a group that defrauded citizens by posing as police officers and shopping centers, promising to remove men of military age from military registration for money, on 10 counts of fraud, extortion and kidnapping.
Kyiv law enforcement officers detained members of the group who, under the guise of police officers and employees of the TCC, deceived citizens by promising men of military age to help them get off the military register.
In total, they have 10 episodes of criminal activity on their record: fraud, extortion, kidnapping, the National Police reported, UNN reported .
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As noted in the report, law enforcement officers detained scammers who promised men of military age to help them withdraw from military registration. Thus, they cheated one of the victims out of UAH 1.7 million, and in total, they have 10 episodes of criminal activity: fraud, extortion, kidnapping.
The group consisted of residents of the capital who, posing as police officers, TCC and other law enforcement agencies, took possession of citizens' money
Rubel noted that each of the defendants played a different role: they developed a plan and methods of committing crimes, searched for perpetrators and cars used by the group members.
Some of the participants have a criminal record for serious crimes and have been detained by the police on several occasions.
For a long time, the criminals demanded different amounts of money from the man under various pretexts to resolve the issue. When the victim refused to pay them, the offenders forced him into their car and physically threatened him to transfer money to a bank card of a member of the criminal group
On March 8, the organizer and two members of the group were detained and their weapons were seized.
As a result of searches at the residences of persons involved in criminal activity, a pump-action shotgun, a Makarov pistol, bank cards, a laptop, mobile phones, cars were seized
So far, three detainees and one other member of the group have been served suspicion notices. Depending on the role and participation in the criminal activity, the actions of the suspects are qualified under Part 5 Art. 190 (fraud); Part 2 Art. 146 (illegal imprisonment); Part 4 Art. 189 (extortion) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Prosecutors of the Pechersk District Prosecutor's Office have already filed a motion with the court to impose a measure of restraint in the form of detention. Further measures to collect evidence to bring other involved persons to justice are underway. The maximum penalty under the charged articles that the defendants may face is up to 12 years in prison
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