The State Bureau of Investigation has revealed details of a real estate scheme involving former judge Tandir
Former judge Oleksiy Tandir, together with a lawyer and a former bailiff, organized a criminal group that, between 2021 and 2023, seized real estate from deceased citizens who had left no heirs. The perpetrators produced forged documents regarding fictitious debts amounting to millions of hryvnias, after which they seized the property through the courts and the enforcement service and resold it to third parties.
This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigations.
The investigation revealed that through this scheme, the gang managed to seize five apartments in the Odesa and Kyiv regions, while the appearance of a legitimate heiress prevented them from seizing a sixth. According to law enforcement, Tandir issued the necessary court rulings based on knowingly forged documents, while an accomplice within the Ministry of Justice system ensured the forced seizure of the properties. Currently, six individuals have been notified of their suspected involvement in a criminal organization, and preventive measures have already been imposed on them.
The former judge was taken into custody without the right to bail, and the penalty under the charged article provides for up to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property. The State Bureau of Investigations continues to gather evidence to complete the pre-trial investigation into the real estate fraud case. The actions of those involved have been classified as the creation of a criminal organization and the large-scale misappropriation of another’s property, committed by a group of individuals acting in concert.
A large-scale scheme for the illegal appropriation of apartments belonging to deceased and absent owners was uncovered in Kyiv; according to the investigation, a former judge, lawyers, and officials from the enforcement service were involved. Using forged documents and fictitious debts, they transferred the real estate to front men and resold it.
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