Prosecutors of the Ivano-Frankivsk District Prosecutor's Office in Lviv have sent an indictment to the court against the head of one of the charitable foundations in Lviv and a resident of Ternopil region, who deceived military personnel and volunteers.

The investigation established that from December 2023 to April 2025, a 41-year-old resident of Lviv organized a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate funds intended for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He involved his acquaintance – a 33-year-old resident of Ternopil region, who had previously been held accountable for fraud.

To simulate providing assistance to the Armed Forces, the men used a charitable foundation that one of them had created in advance.

They promised the victims to help with the purchase of transport and equipment for military needs. This included vehicles for combat missions, thermal imaging sights, and drones.

Taking advantage of the victims' trust, the accused received money in advance for the ordered goods. The victims transferred money either to the bank cards of the head of the foundation or through electronic payment systems. The money was then withdrawn to the accomplice's card accounts and from there to cryptocurrency wallets.

In reality, the military received no goods at all. The accused disposed of the money at their own discretion.

Six episodes have been documented: five military personnel and one volunteer became victims of the fraudsters. The total amount of damages is nearly 2.2 million UAH.

The actions of both men have been classified as fraud committed by a group of individuals in collusion under martial law using electronic computing technology, which caused significant harm to the victims (Part 2, 3, 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The pre-trial investigation was conducted by the Lviv District Police Department No. 2 of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region. The operational support was provided by the Cybercrime Prevention Department of the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine in Lviv region.