According to the Joint Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Lviv Oblast, employees of the State Service for Combating Economic Crime of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Lviv Oblast, together with the prosecutor's office of the Halytskyi district of Lviv, exposed a fraudster who illegally seized non-residential premises of a territorial community of the city of Lviv and subsequently laundered the proceeds from its sale.
It was established that the 31-year-old criminal had his eye on the basement of a building in the city center. He then developed a criminal scheme to carry out this plan.
He began with legal proceedings with the local department for privatization of state housing, during which he provided photocopies of fictitious documents regarding the alleged actual ownership, use, and disposal of non-residential premises, which were actually owned by the Lviv city community.
The perpetrator provided photocopies of a fictitious lease agreement, a technical passport, and other forged documents confirming his ownership. He also provided fake copies of notices regarding access to the premises for plumbers and chimney sweeps, allegedly sent to him by the local utility company.
Having received the desired court decision, the crook privatized the non-residential premises and immediately sold it, receiving income from the illegal transaction, which he immediately laundered.
As a result, according to preliminary estimates, the Lviv territorial community suffered damages amounting to more than one hundred and fifty thousand hryvnias.
The Investigative Department of the Halytskyi District Police Department in Lviv has charged the man with criminal offenses under Part 3 of Article 190 (large-scale fraud) and Part 1 of Article 209 (money laundering) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. These offenses are punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
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