Kyiv police have exposed and detained an entrepreneur who was offering foreigners fictitious employment for $4,500, which provided grounds for obtaining a temporary residence permit in Ukraine. The arrest occurred during the transfer of part of the funds, the police reported.
According to the investigation, the businessman organized a “package of services” for immigrants from Central Asian countries: registration of alleged employment at his enterprise (officially — trade) and fake employment contracts. He also promised to “resolve the issue” at the State Migration Service. The total cost of the complex of services was $4,500.
The arrest operation was carried out by investigators of the Pechersk Police Department together with officers of the Security Service of Ukraine. The man was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code while recording the receipt of part of the funds.
During searches at the residence and in office premises, law enforcement officers seized mobile phones, SIM cards, bank cards, seals for various individual entrepreneurs, Ukrainian and foreign passports, copies of foreigner documents, blank insurance company forms, and forged employment contracts.
The entrepreneur was notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of this article provides for up to nine years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
The procedural management of the case is carried out by the Pechersk District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv; the pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and investigators are working to identify other individuals involved in the scheme.
