SBI detains official of the Ministry of Justice who tried to seize funds of an agricultural enterprise

Law enforcement officers exposed an official of the Ministry of Justice who, together with an accomplice, tried to illegally seize funds of a large agricultural enterprise. This was reported by UNN with reference to the State Bureau of Investigation. 

Details

As investigators found out, in exchange for USD 120,000, the woman promised a representative of a regional budget-forming enterprise to enter information about the right to use agricultural land plots into the real estate register.

The official also engaged as an accomplice her acquaintance, a citizen of another state, who called himself an “influential official” of the same Ministry and was supposed to act as a guarantor of the fulfillment of promises.

The SBI says that yesterday , August 1, 2024, the accomplices received the first tranche of USD 30 thousand and informed that the applicant has two days to transfer the rest of the funds for a positive resolution of the issue.

At the same time, law enforcement officials say, the official boasted of influential acquaintances with heads of law enforcement agencies.

After receiving the money, both “dealers” were detained. The defendants were served a notice of suspicion of attempted appropriation of property by a group of persons, during martial law in a particularly large scale (Part 2 Article 15, Part 5 Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The penalty provided for in the articles is up to 12 years in prison

A motion was filed with the court to impose on them a preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative of bail in the amount of USD 60 thousand each.

Recall

Law enforcement officers exposed a group of fraudsterswho were cheating people out of their money by posing as employees of the State Bureau of Investigation and offering a wide range of services to potential “clients.