Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a private land surveyor and former head of a village council in Lviv region were served a notice of suspicion of abuse of office (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The latter is also charged with legalization of the proceeds of crime (Part 1 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the suspects implemented an illegal scheme to seize state-owned land that is in permanent use of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences. The plots are located next to the projected part of the Lviv road, which is being built as part of the GoHighway transnational corridor, which is supposed to connect Ukrainian Black Sea ports with Polish ones on the Baltic Sea.
For this purpose, the man, being the head of the village council, illegally increased the boundaries of one of the villages in Lviv region without the approval of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences. In turn, a land surveyor developed a relevant land management project to change these boundaries. The land was transferred from state ownership to communal ownership.
Thus, 4 hectares of land were withdrawn from use, assigned cadastral numbers, and subsequently transferred to private ownership of individuals. In particular, one of the plots was registered in the name of the suspect’s wife, who is currently a member of one of the local district councils.
As a result of these actions, the state suffered losses of almost UAH 6 million.
The investigation is ongoing.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by detectives of the Territorial Department of the SBU in Lviv region with the operational support of the SID in Lviv region of the National Police of Ukraine.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
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