Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine prevented the activity of illegal centers in two regions in the west of the country, which illegally executed Ukrainians citizenship of other countries. This is reported by the press center of the Security Service,.

"Law enforcers established that the businessmen provided" clients "with the formulation of a counterfeit package of documents entitling them to apply for a passport of a citizen of a number of EU countries. Attackers provided customers with a full "package of services," including selecting doubles, with knowledge of a foreign language, for visiting foreign diplomatic institutions, "it was informed..

According to the intelligence service, more than a thousand Ukrainians used the illegal scheme, the cost of a set of forged documents was up to 8 thousand euros.

During the searches in the offices and at the place of residence of the perpetrators, the SBU operatives seized almost one hundred packages of documents for the registration of foreign citizenship. Law enforcers, in particular, found fake seals of authorities of the USSR and Ukraine, passports of citizens of other countries, blank forms of marriage certificates and marriage.

On this fact, criminal proceedings were instituted against. 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Immediate investigative and operational actions continue.