“The law enforcement officers reported the suspicion to two men – 24 and 25 years old, who offered help to conscripts in crossing the border.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, Metropolitan Police, UP
Details: The suspects, one of whom positioned himself as a blogger, advertised their services on TikTok. There they said that they knew how to cross the border in Transcarpathia, bypassing all checkpoints, and get to Romania.
Advertising:
photo of the prosecutor’s office For $6,500, the blogger sent clients a map, detailed instructions, and promised online support along the entire route. Another participant in the scheme met with clients and took money.
While receiving the money, one of the organizers of the scheme was detained.
police photo Currently, both men have been informed of the suspicion of organizing the illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine, committed by a group of persons based on a prior conspiracy, for selfish reasons.
The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the detained suspect with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 1.6 million hryvnias. According to “Ukrainian Pravda”, the defendant paid the deposit.
The sanction of the article provides imprisonment for a term of up to nine years with confiscation of property.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Other persons who may have been involved in criminal activity are being identified.