Extortionists Gang Led by Local Deputy Exposed in Dnipropetrovsk

The Security Service of Ukraine reported the arrest of the leader of a gang of racketeers who demanded money from a military officer in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to the media, the detained person is Yuriy Pryshedko, a deputy of the Pidhorodno City Council of the Dnipro District of the Dnipropetrovsk Region.

As the investigators found out, a gang of racketeers, which, according to the law enforcement officers, was headed by Yuriy Pryshedko, demanded money from entrepreneurs. If they refused to give them, people were kidnapped, tortured and threatened with death.

In particular, it is known about the "extortion" of 2.5 million dollars from a local businessman who, at the beginning of the full-scale war, was mobilized to the Armed Forces, and is now on the front lines. According to the information of the special service, the suspects in three cars "clipped" the car of a soldier and stole him right in the middle of the road when he was on his way to work. He was taken to a forest plantation, beaten for an hour and threatened.

Then, as the investigators found out, the man was imprisoned in a prepared room, and after torture was released in order for him to find and hand over the money. In addition, the suspects demanded that the entrepreneur transfer part of the corporate rights to the existing business to them.

The deputy was detained during another threat of military murder. He was informed about the suspicion of extortion and the abduction of a person.

Apart from Yury Pryshedko, other members of the gang of racketeers were searched. During the searches, weapons and money, which were probably obtained by criminal means, were seized from those involved in the case.

The detained deputy is charged with: extortion committed by an organized group under martial law and with the threat of violence; illegal deprivation of liberty or abduction of a person.

If found guilty, the deputy may face up to 12 years behind bars with confiscation of property.

Earlier we also wrote that the law enforcement officers exposed and stopped the activity of six illegal gambling establishments . A network of illegal gambling establishments operated on the territory of Kharkiv and Zaporizhia, which operated for a long time without creating a legal entity, the necessary licenses and, accordingly, without paying taxes.

In addition, "EBK" reported that law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region reported suspicion to three fraudsters who organized a housing and construction company in Brovary, received more than UAH 14 million from buyers and disappeared.