“The suspect faces up to 13.5 years in prison.”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the police press service, the investigation was completed and handed over to the prosecutor of the regional prosecutor’s office for charges for 20 suspected persons, which threatens up to 13.5 years in prison.
Earlier, on April 11, the Prosecutor General’s office reported that they had been sent to court with an indictment against three participants of the International Collection Center in Odessa on the facts of creation, management and participation in a criminal organization, as well as fraud (Article 255, Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
They called the Czech citizens and misleading them, were presented with technical support for the Czech People’s Bank. After that, the victims were convinced of the need to protect the allegedly compromised account and transfer them to other bank account to save money. These accounts were prepared in advance by offenders.
The Attorney General’s office reported that the participants of the criminal organization had taken over the funds of foreigners for the total amount of seven million hryvnias. As part of the investigation of criminal proceedings initiated by law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the Czech Republic, 20 persons were suspected, 17 of them were foreigners.
In order to exchange information, the coordination of investigative actions of both states created an international joint investigative group. On the basis of the Czech request, seven persons were detained and issued (extraordinary) to be searched for criminal prosecution. Six of them were detained directly at the call center in Odessa.