In the Kyiv region, a woman was engaged in fake charity/Collage of Channel 24
A former employee of the mayor's office of one of the settlements in the Kyiv region decided to cash in on the grief of Ukrainians. The woman raised funds supposedly for charity, but spent them at her own discretion.
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Since the first day of the Russian invasion, Ukrainians have been actively helping their country. Someone volunteers, someone actively donates in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilians affected by the war.
What did the pseudo-volunteer raise funds for
< p> The former employee of the mayor's office of one of the settlements in the Kyiv region also allegedly decided to do charity work. Together with other activists, she organized a fundraiser in social networks.
Investigators conducted searches at the pseudo-volunteer/Photo by the Office of the Prosecutor General
How reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General, during February-May 2022, these persons posted ads on social networks about raising funds for the needs of the voluntary formation of a territorial society .
Exposadovitsa collected about 1 million hryvnia
In the posts, the woman indicated the details of her bank card, to which people transferred money.
During this period, about 1 million hryvnias were credited to her account. The money exposadovitsa disposed of at its own discretion, – reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
However, law enforcement officers became interested in the fake meeting. During the searches, rough notes were found and confiscated from the woman, indicating illegal activities. to organizing an illegal scheme for spending charitable aid.
The ex-employee spent about 1 million hryvnias in charitable donations/Photo by the Office of the Prosecutor General
< p> Ex-officials have already reported suspicion on the fact of illegal use of charitable donations. If her guilt is proven in court, the woman could face 5 to 7 years in prison.
Pseudo-volunteering in Ukraine
- In early June, the head of a charitable foundation and his subordinate were detained in the Odessa region. They are suspected of stealing rubber aid assigned to Ukrainian defenders. Investigators from the SBU found that the man was indeed selling items that were provided to him as humanitarian aid.
- Also in June, the SBU exposed a scheme for the theft of humanitarian aid in the Lviv region. A rather influential man in the Lviv region, together with accomplices, sold goods that he imported to Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Pseudo-volunteers will be tried in the Ternopil region. They bought 2 cars for themselves with donated money worth 2 million hryvnias. The swindlers collected money, apparently, for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the war. The wife of one of the pseudo-volunteers is also involved in the crime.
