“Law enforcement officers informed a former law enforcement officer from the Kyiv region of suspected fraud of over UAH 8.4 million.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Office of the Prosecutor General, SBI, interlocutors of “Ukrainian Pravda” in law enforcement agencies
Verbatim OGP: “According to the investigation, the suspect, holding the position of senior inspector of the Patrol Police Department of the Kyiv region, repeatedly received significant sums of money from citizens throughout 2025. He convinced the victims to invest money in supposedly promising projects: from business development and buying cars to purchasing housing under a state program.
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In order to create the illusion of reliability and legitimacy, he issued debt receipts and promised the return of funds with interest. However, as the investigation established, the money was not returned, and the declared purposes of its use remained on paper.”
Details: According to UP sources, it is about a former senior inspector for special assignments of the personnel support department of the UPP in the Kyiv region Michael Solomko.
In order to create trust, the suspect issued debt receipts and promised to return the money with interest. In fact, he did not return the funds, and the declared “investments” were never implemented.
As a result of such actions, the three victims suffered material losses in the total amount of over 8.4 million hryvnias.
The SBI says that investigators are investigating information about other victims of the fraudster, who, according to operational data, may be more than ten more.
The former policeman was notified of suspicion under Part 5 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and a preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative of bail in the amount of 1 million 164 thousand UAH was chosen.
If found guilty, the suspect faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.