Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General, the pre-trial investigation regarding a citizen of Ukraine for the attempted illegal acquisition of shares in a private company has been completed.

It has been established that the suspect used knowingly forged documents and attempted to ensure the registration actions with the state registrar regarding the change of founders, legal address, and ultimate beneficial owner of the private company.

In order to establish control over the financial and economic activities of the company, the man included knowingly false information in the documents regarding his recognition as the sole owner of the company.

As a result of these actions, the individual attempted to illegally acquire 100% of the founders' shares in the enterprise, which, according to the conclusion of the forensic economic examination, are valued at over 12 million UAH.

Currently, an indictment under Part 2 of Article 15, Part 3 of Article 206-2, and Part 1 of Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (attempted illegal acquisition of property of the enterprise, forgery of documents submitted for state registration of a legal entity) has been sent to court.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was conducted by detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine. 

Note: According to Part One of 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 guilty verdict of the court.