In the Kyiv region, fraudsters seized property worth 5.6 million hryvnias under the pretext of confiscating TCCs

Law enforcement officials have notified two residents of the Kyiv region that they are under suspicion of fraudulently acquiring an apartment, a house, and a plot of land belonging to a widower, with a total value of 5.6 million hryvnias.

According to the investigation, one of the suspects gained the trust of the victim, who had inherited an apartment in Kyiv and a house in the Bucha district. Subsequently, the accomplices staged a fake arrest, during which one of them posed as an employee of the Tax and Customs Service and the State Enforcement Service.

The fraudsters convinced the man that his property could be confiscated because he was wanted by the authorities. Under the pretext of “preserving” the real estate, they forced him to transfer ownership of his assets to third parties.

As a result, the victim lost his apartment, house, and land plot with a total value of 5.6 million hryvnias.

Two participants in the scheme have been charged with fraud on an especially large scale, committed by a group of individuals during martial law. The disposed-of property has been seized, and investigators are identifying other possible participants in the scheme.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor General.