Pursuant to a request from the Prosecutor's Office, ARMA employees identified assets of individuals involved in fraudulent activities in Ukraine.
The criminals used an online classifieds service to search for buyers of a vehicle purportedly intended for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The pre-trial investigation established that, abusing the trust of Ukrainians, they misappropriated the transferred funds and did not give the promised SUV to its buyers.
In total, the above group of individuals illegally received about UAH 250,000.
"Using information and reference systems, registers and databases, the Asset Finding and Tracing Department employees collected and analyzed data regarding the individuals' property and other assets," commented Pavlo Velykorechanin, Deputy Head of the ARMA. - "As a result, ARMA employees identified residential real estate owned by online fraudsters.
The National Agency has already passed the information to law enforcement for appropriate action, including the seizure and subsequent confiscation of the identified assets.
