“A former judge and a married couple are suspected of fraudulent schemes with apartments for 3 million hryvnias. Three objects were arrested.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Office general prosecutor, DBR, sources of UP
Literally: “The Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported the suspicion of the former judge and his accomplices – a married couple who, according to the investigation, organized a fraudulent scheme to illegally take over the apartments of the deceased owners through forged documents and court decisions.”
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Details: The law enforcement officers did not name the suspects, however, according to the sources of the UP, it is about the ex-judge of the Comintern Court of Odesa Region Pavla Dobrova and restaurateurs — Valery Chornoy and Alekseenko Olga.
As reported by the SBI, the couple found information about the apartments, the owners of which have already died, through acquaintances. After that, they used fake people to prepare fake sales contracts.
The documents were backdated, creating the impression that the agreements were concluded during the lifetime of the owners.
They recruited a former judge who at that time served as the head of the district judge. By his decisions, he recognized these agreements as valid and contributed to the further re-registration of the property.
According to the prosecutor’s office, in this way the couple managed to re-register three apartments in Primorskyi and Peresypskyi districts of Odesa. One of the spouses planned to sell them in 2022-2025. According to the examination, the total cost of these objects is almost 3 million hryvnias.
Currently, these objects have been seized to prevent their sale.
The former judge is charged with aiding and abetting fraud on a particularly large scale and official forgery (Part 4 of Article 27, Article 190, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces from 5 to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the couple organized the scheme and used forged documents. They are charged with fraud on a particularly large scale, forgery and legalization of property obtained by crime (Part 4 of Article 190, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 4 of Article 358, Part 2 of Article 15, Part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Prehistory:
A group of persons who embezzled people’s money under the guise of providing “help from famous psychics”. Customers were threatened with “black marks” over their homes, death, and offered to buy items that allegedly had magical properties.