In the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, a trial is set to begin against two individuals accused of defrauding residents out of 2.1 million hryvnias under the pretense of advantageous currency exchange.

The prosecutors from the Darnytsia District Prosecutor's Office have submitted an indictment to the court against these two suspects, who advertised currency exchange services online but instead committed robberies.

One victim attempted to exchange 30,000 US dollars. The exchange was supposed to take place in a taxi, where the man was invited to sit. After that, one of the accomplices exited the vehicle, claiming he needed to retrieve hryvnias from the trunk, and fled with the money.

Under a similar scheme, they arranged to meet a woman to exchange 42,000 US dollars. She was asked to sit in the back seat of the taxi for a money verification, and this time one of the accomplices snatched 21,900 US dollars from her.

As a result of these actions, the victims incurred losses exceeding 2 million 100 thousand hryvnias.

The actions of the accused have been classified under part 5 of Article 190 and part 4 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.