Under the procedural leadership of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, 5 members of an organized group were notified of suspicion of fraud and forgery of documents (Part 4 of Article 190, Part 1, 3, 4 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the suspects created a fictitious service cooperative that did not have any permits for construction, after which they placed a notice in the mass media about the start of construction and the sale of apartments.
Thus, by entering into trust, by deceiving buyers, they illegally took possession of the latter’s money in large and especially large amounts.
So far, it has been established that 5 people were injured by their actions, and the total amount of damages is almost 2.5 million hryvnias.
Pretrial investigation in criminal proceedings is carried out by investigators of the Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Lviv Region under the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department in the Lviv Region of the SSR of the National Police of Ukraine.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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