In Dnipro, law enforcement officers uncovered a criminal scheme involving the director of one of the bank branches. As reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office, the woman provided other members of the group with data on clients’ deposit accounts, which allowed the criminals to misappropriate more than 50 million hryvnias over two years.
To implement the scheme, the defendants used forged court decisions and fictitious executive orders from notaries. On their basis, enforcement proceedings were opened that had no legal basis, and funds were debited from clients’ accounts, allegedly for debts. Then the money was transferred to the accounts of trusted persons, and one of the group members organized their withdrawal in cash.
The actions of the bank director and the organizer of the withdrawal of funds are qualified under Part 4, 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – fraud on an especially large scale during martial law with the use of electronic computing equipment. Private enforcement officers are additionally charged with official forgery and unauthorized actions with information (parts 1, 4 of article 358, part 3 of article 362 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
During authorized searches of the suspects’ homes, law enforcement officers seized documents, including originals of forged enforcement proceedings, and computer equipment, confirming their illegal activities.
