Prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against 4 members of the organized group and 1 of their accomplices on the facts of a completed attempted robbery and robbery (Part 1 of Article 14 Part 2 of Article 186, Part 2 of Article 15 Part 2). Article 186, parts 2, 4, 5 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that an organized group of 4 people together with 4 accomplices committed robberies in the cities of Lviv and Khmelnytsky. Their victims were people engaged in currency exchange. The members of the group spent a long time following the objects, studying their routes.
They carried out the attacks while the victims were driving, creating artificial obstacles to their movement, breaking the side window of the car and stealing cash. Crimes were committed in public places during the day.
In total, during July-August 2021, the accused stole someone else’s property totaling more than UAH 3 million.
During the pre-trial investigation, in order to compensate for the damage, the vehicles and property of the accused were seized and seized. The victims filed civil lawsuits for the amount of damage.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was carried out by the Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv Oblast under the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police of Ukraine in the oblast.
With regard to three more of their accomplices, the materials have been separated into separate criminal proceedings.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proved in a lawful manner and established by a court conviction.
Information Policy Department of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office