In Kyiv, law enforcement has exposed a criminal organization that deceived an entrepreneur out of almost 2 million hryvnias. The perpetrators used counterfeit rental contracts to appropriate construction equipment.
The police of the Obolon district, in conjunction with the prosecutor's office, discovered the activities of this criminal group operating in the capital. It was revealed that the organizer was a 47-year-old man from the Kyiv region who involved younger accomplices aged 21 and 40. They targeted companies renting out expensive construction equipment and enlisted proxies to sign fake rental agreements, after which they sold the equipment.
Under one such fake agreement, the group rented construction equipment worth over 668,000 hryvnias, which they later sold for 550,000 hryvnias. Subsequently, they repeated their fraudulent scheme, acquiring beams and other equipment worth more than 1.3 million hryvnias, which they also quickly sold. As a result of these actions, the entrepreneur suffered losses amounting to approximately 2 million hryvnias.
Investigators have already notified all four group members of their suspicion under Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – organization and complicity in fraud under martial law.