Law enforcement in Kyiv has uncovered a criminal organization that defrauded a businessman of almost 2 million UAH. The criminals illegally appropriated construction equipment through forged rental contracts. They face up to twelve years in prison with asset confiscation.
Officers of the Obolon Police Department, under the supervision of the Obolon District Prosecutor's Office and with the support of the PPOP No. 1 fighters, halted the activities of a criminal group that deceived a capital entrepreneur. The investigation revealed that the group's organizer was a 47-year-old resident of the Kyiv region, who enlisted the help of a 31-year-old co-organizer and two accomplices aged 21 and 40. The criminals sought companies that rented out expensive construction equipment, then involved front persons who signed rental agreements in their names, after which the obtained property was sold.
Thus, under a fake contract, the accomplices rented construction equipment: wedges, braces, formwork shields worth over 668,000 UAH, which were later sold for 550,000 UAH. Subsequently, the suspects repeated the crime using the same scheme, renting beams, stands, tripods, and plywood worth over 1.3 million UAH, which was also sold. As a result of the fraudulent actions, the entrepreneur suffered losses totaling about two million UAH.
Investigators notified all four offenders of suspicion under part 2 of article 28, part 5 of article 27, and part 5 of article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—organization and assistance in fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy under martial law, in particularly large amounts.