Prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office have sent indictments to the court regarding ten individuals who attempted to deceive the court and seize someone else's property, specifically apartments and non-residential premises in a multi-apartment residential complex in the village of Zubry, Lviv region.

The investigation established that from February to May 2024, a man and his cohabitant implemented a fraudulent scheme to seize real estate. To carry out the multi-stage criminal plan, they involved eight of their acquaintances.

Initially, a contract for the construction and commissioning of the residential complex was concluded between the organizer, who played the role of the "developer," and the owner of the land on which the property is located. However, the contract did not grant the "developer" the right to sell these apartments.

The developed plan for the illegal seizure of real estate consisted of several mandatory stages. First, the "developer" signed fake purchase and sale agreements for property rights to the real estate with fictitious buyers among the involved acquaintances. To legalize them, lawsuits were filed in court on behalf of these "buyers" against the owner of the construction, which were knowingly baseless.

By submitting forged evidence to the court, they could obtain corresponding court decisions in their favor and, based on those, register property rights, thereby illegally acquiring ownership of the real estate objects.

Under this scheme, the accused attempted to illegally seize 11 apartments and one non-residential premises belonging to the owner of the land on which the property is located.

The market value of these objects is over 27 million UAH.

All the accused are charged with attempted fraud, forgery of an official document, and misleading the court by submitting forged evidence (Part 3 of Article 15 - Part 5 of Article 190, Part 3 of Article 358, Part 2 of Article 28 – Part 2 of Article 384 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

In addition, two indictments regarding this "developer" for fraud and illegal acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition are already under consideration by the court (Parts 4, 5 of Article 190, Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The pre-trial investigation is conducted by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Lviv region, with operational support from the Strategic Investigations Department in the Lviv region of the National Police of Ukraine.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court verdict.