In the Odessa region, there are frequent cases when the unknown address to entrepreneurs with a request for sponsorship on behalf of officials of the Odessa Regional State Administration and Governor Maxim Stepanov.
According to the press service of the regional state administration, scammers call themselves assistants to the head of the region and are asked to allocate funds for a charity fund in a certain amount. One such example is a request to provide financial assistance to support the Children's Health Project.
In the Odessa Regional State Administration they declared that they had no relation to these persons and in case of receiving such "requests" they recommend that they apply to law enforcement bodies.