"VTB Bank" reported on the attempt of a group of persons, which includes a state registrar and a private notary, to deprive the bank of ownership of non-residential premises in Odessa on the street. Greek, 5.

According to the press service, on April 11, 2017, the state registrar of the Odessa branch of the State Enterprise "The State Institute of Judicial Economic, Legal and Technical Expert Studies". Kravets, on the basis of forged contracts of sale, registered for LLC "Trinity Invest Group" ownership of the non-residential premises belonging to the bank since 2011 in Odessa on the street. Greek, 5 area of ??2653.3 square meters. M and 1298.1 square meters.

Then on April 18, "Trinity Invest Group" through a private notary of the Odessa City Notary District A. Yarosh sold these facilities to OOO Teplokomungrup LTD, which is currently the illegal owner of this real estate.

"VTB Bank" on April 28 appealed these registration actions to the commission under the Ministry of Justice and achieved the elimination of illegal re-registration of objects from the State Register of Property Rights in Real Estate and restoration of ownership rights to them.

At the same time, the said commission of the Ministry of Justice recognized violations of the law by the state registrar of the Odessa branch of the State Institute of Judicial Economic, Legal and Technical Expert Studies. Kravets, for six months limiting his access to the State Register of real rights to real estate and their encumbrances.

In addition, on April 29, 2017, the bank imposed a ban on registration activities with its property.

Nevertheless, as the bank notes, on the day off on April 30, despite the decisions of the Ministry of Justice and the ban on registration actions, A. Kravets entered into the State register of real rights to immovable property a new record on the ownership of OOO Teplokomungrup LTD on these non-residential premises. On May 3, due to the fraudulent actions of the state registrar, Teplokomungrup LTD sold part of the non-residential premises to two individuals - V. Akimenko and A. Kornienko. As a result of criminal manipulations with the State Register of real rights to immovable property, there are currently two owners of virtually the same real estate object.

At the same time, on May 5, unknown persons attempted to establish, including by force capture, physical control over these premises, threatening employees of the VTB Bank branch who were legally in the room.

The Bank also states that the territorial bodies of the National Police of Ukraine, instead of initiating criminal proceedings on fraudulent actions on formal grounds, do not take any actions to eliminate offenses, thereby contributing to the perpetrators of the implementation of criminal schemes that result in the loss of their property by lawful owners of real estate.

"VTB Bank" was founded in 1992. Its main shareholder is OAO Bank VTB (RF, 99.9959%).

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2017, VTB Bank ranked 15th (by 20.64 billion UAH) in terms of total assets among 93 Ukrainian banks.