Representatives of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) together with the prosecutor’s office and the police in Dnipropetrovsk region have stopped the illegal activities of an inter-regional organized criminal group that deceived Ukrainians for more than Hr 75 million, according to the agency’s Facebook page.
As specified, the leaders of two insurance companies with the signs of a financial pyramid illegally appropriated the money of citizens, promising them sky-high revenues from the placement of deposits and insurance premiums on their accounts.
Abusers acted in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvy Rih, Poltava, Zaporizhia, Chernihiv, Kropyvnytsky, Mariupol, Kherson, and Mykolaiv.
For the three years of existence of the so called “financial institution” the number of victims came to about 30,000 citizens. Its leaders appropriated more than Hr 75 million.
According to the report, two detainees involved in the organization of the criminal scheme have been notified of the suspicion.
Criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine have been opened.
Investigative actions aimed at documenting unlawful activities and the identification of all persons involved continuing.
