In Kyiv, a private notary and three of its accomplices, who, according to the investigation, are involved in fraud. Attackers appropriated about 1 million UAH from bank accounts of deceased citizens.

This was reported in the press service of the metropolitan police. The accused faces up to 12 years in prison.

" According to the developed plan, the defendants from customers received information about the availability of money in bank accounts of their dead relatives, and then, using fake documents, re -issued the inheritance on themselves, ”law enforcement officers said.

It is noted that in 2022, a 30-year-old Kiev woman turned to a private notary to issue an inheritance remaining after the death of her father. Having learned that about 860 thousand hryvnias are stored on the account of the deceased, the attacker decided to take possession of this money. She provided the heiress with a false response from the bank, in which another amount was indicated - only 112 hryvnias. Then the attackers forged a certificate of the right to inheritance by testament to one of the members of the group and, with the help of a fake document, withdrew all the money from the account of the deceased.

In addition, in 2023, businessmen deceived another heiress - from the account of her deceased son, they took 183 thousand hryvnias according to the same scheme, the defendants took possession of these means. The woman found out that she was a victim of a crime already from the police.

The investigation on the facts of falsification of documents and fraud committed by preliminary conspiracy by a group of persons, in martial law, has been completed. The indictment was sent to the court for consideration on the merits.