As noted, a group of scammers on the pretext of selling land in the Kiev, Lviv and Cherkasy regions deceived a Saudi citizen by almost $ 500,000.

"The organizer of the crime was a 37-year-old native of the Kingdom of Morocco, and his accomplices - four residents of the Kiev, Lviv and Mykolayiv regions," - said in a statement.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the perpetrators, executing "roles" of notaries or land owners. So, they for three years misled an alien who was looking for land plots in Ukraine for the arrangement of recreational complexes.

In this case, in order to convince a foreigner of the authenticity and legality of their actions, they used fake legal documents.

The organizer of the crime was detained while receiving money from a foreigner. Now he is in custody, another four co-executors are conducting investigative actions. Also, the issue of declaring them suspicion and choosing a preventive measure, taking into account the role of each of them in the commission of fraudulent actions.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, law enforcement officers recently detained fraudsters in the capital who managed to exchange about 100 thousand fake American dollars at ATMs.