The Prosecutor General's Office sent an indictment to the court against two lawyers and a private executor. They are accused of using forged documents, abuse of authority and theft of particularly large amounts of funds.
According to the information of the investigation, the organizer of the criminal scheme became the capital lawyer. His goal was to seize UAH 8.5 million, which were seized as part of criminal proceedings, nationalized and directed to Ukraine's defense needs.
To implement the scheme, the lawyer involved his colleague and a private executor. Criminals forged the decision of the Kyiv Court of Appeals, which allowed the collection of the specified amount from the accounts of the company, the beneficiary of which is a citizen of the Russian Federation.
The lawyers offered the private executor to open enforcement proceedings on the basis of a false court decision. In order for the woman to agree, they offered her a bribe of 45 thousand dollars.
Law enforcement officers discovered the device after searching the places of residence and work of the accused. During the investigation, significant sums of money were seized.
At the request of the prosecutors, arrest was imposed on:
- luxury cars;
- parking spaces in the center of Kyiv;
- land plots in the Kyiv region.
The accused will appear before the court under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- h 1-4 Art. 358 – use of knowingly forged documents;
- h 3 Art. 365-2 – abuse of authority;
- h 5th century 185 – theft on a particularly large scale.
For these crimes, the suspects face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Public outcry was caused not only by the amount of funds, but also by the fact that the money was directed to the defense of the country. The public expects a transparent judicial process and the return of stolen funds to the state budget.
