Four Suspected of Illegally Acquiring 103 Hectares in Kirovohrad
In Kirovohrad region, the former head of one of the district state administrations (DSA), who is currently a deputy of the district council, an employee of the district council's executive office, and two state registrars were reported on suspicion of illegally seizing state and municipal land. If convicted, they face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
This was reported by Suspilne with reference to the spokeswoman for the regional prosecutor's office, Yana Shass.
According to her, during 2011–2020, the suspects illegally registered 26 state and municipal land plots with a total area of over 103 hectares and a value of over 7.9 million hryvnias for controlled farms. To do this, they used documents from people who did not apply for land and did not know that the plots were being registered on their behalf.
The investigation considers the former head of the district state administration to be the organizer. He signed the order to transfer land to such people. An employee of the district council searched for their documents and prepared applications on their behalf. These people were formally included in the founders of farms, after which the land plots were transferred to the authorized capitals. Later, the people were excluded from the founders, and the land remained in the ownership of the controlled farms.
Two state registrars, according to the investigation, ensured the registration of land rights and changes in the composition of the founders. According to the investigation, some of the registration actions were carried out without the participation of people and on the basis of documents with false information.
By 2022, individual plots were combined, re-registered to other people, leased, and sold. In this way, they tried to hide the origin of illegally acquired property.
Suspicion was announced, depending on the role of each of the four suspects, under the following articles:
· Part 4 of Article 190 - fraud;
· Part 2 of Article 209 — legalization of property;
· Part 3 of Article 358 - forgery of documents;
· Part 2 of Article 28 — commission of a criminal offense by a group of persons; Part 4 of Article 358 — forgery of documents;
· Part 2 of Article 364 - abuse of power or official position;
· Part 1 of Article 366 - official forgery.
Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau also reported that, together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, they exposed a criminal group that seized 137.5 million hryvnias from the Kyiv Metro utility company.
In addition, we reported that law enforcement officers have put Viktor Braginsky, the former head of the Kyiv Metro, on the wanted list, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
