Stole over 600 thousand euros - a group of fraudsters exposed in Dnipropetrovsk region
Kyiv • UNN
The detainees had not only money seized, but also equipment, weapons, ammunition, mobile phones, laptops, bank cards, digital storage media, documentation, and bushes of plants resembling cannabis.
Law enforcement officers in Dnipropetrovsk region exposed and detained participants of a fraudulent scheme who offered to invest in profitable commercial projects and receive good returns, but as a result embezzled 600 thousand euros. This was reported by UNN with reference to the National Police of Ukraine.
Details
According to the investigation, the organizer of the scheme has family ties to the criminal underworld and is currently in custody in a pre-trial detention center for embezzling funds from a foreign company in the amount of 7 million hryvnias. He involved a local entrepreneur who has acquaintances among businessmen in the criminal activity.
The victim initially transferred 150 thousand euros to the perpetrators for the opportunity to work on coal supplies. Later, he transferred another 450 thousand euros for the purchase of fittings at a price 40% lower than the market price.
The perpetrators were detained with the support of special forces "KORD" and a special purpose police regiment. As a result of 36 searches conducted at the residences of the suspects, mobile phones, laptops, bank cards, digital storage media, documentation, money, a car, rough notes, as well as weapons, ammunition, and cannabis-like plants were seized.
Two suspects have been notified of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 190 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.