According to representatives of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of Lviv Region, an indictment has been sent to court regarding five individuals who, according to the investigation, collaborated to take possession of property and forge official documents at one of the region’s mines.
The investigation established that during January-February 2024, the group orchestrated a fraudulent scheme aimed at extracting ‘stone coal’. According to the plan, a contract was signed between the parties, under which the coal was visually documented as a less valuable ‘rock’. Additionally, accounting data was manipulated, reducing the figures of the actually extracted minerals, leading to sales at undervalued prices, and ultimately causing losses to the mining company amounting to approximately UAH 2.4 million.
The investigation was conducted by detectives from the Main Directorate of the National Police of Lviv Region, with operational support from other law enforcement agencies.
According to constitutional provisions, each person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.