The Prosecutor's Office has launched criminal proceedings against the organizer and five members of an organized group who executed an illegal scheme for land registration, resulting in damages to the community amounting to 12 million UAH (Part 3 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 28, Part 4 of Article 190, Part 3 of Article 27, and Part 4 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the investigation, the suspects operated within a land commission of a local council in the Kyiv region, orchestrating the crime with the involvement of a private notary, an administrator of administrative services, and three individuals representing citizens wishing to privatize land.

The scheme involved receiving requests from citizens along with documents for land acquisition. These packages containing forged documents were forwarded to the land department for approval by the local council.

The investigation found that the citizens did not sign any documents or submit requests for land allocation.

After securing ownership rights based on forged documents, the criminals organized the signing and registration of sale agreements through their notary, making the scheme's organizer, also a local council deputy, the new owner.

In this manner, they illegally acquired 92 hectares of land, causing the local community losses of 12 million UAH.

During searches in Kyiv and Khmelnytskyi, documents related to illegal land dispossession and subsequent acquisition by deputies were seized, including sales agreements, acceptance acts, state deeds, and technical documentation.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Main Investigation Department with operational support from the Internal Security Department of the National Police of Ukraine.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent until proven guilty in court.