Sold to the Russians passports of Ukraine: in Kiev detained fake workers of the SBU (photo)

The delicas were represented by the SBU staff and offered to foreigners "assistance" in obtaining a passport of a citizen of Ukraine. Customers were promised to connect links in law enforcement agencies, the special service said. According to operatives, the cost of the accused service was $ 10,000. The members of the group guaranteed the presence of Ukrainian citizenship in the Russian, who had a temporary residence certificate in Ukraine, the operatives say.

"For persuasiveness, the attackers presented a fake official certificate to the citizen of Russia," the statement said. The suspects were detained during the transfer of the first money amount for the passport. According to the investigation, 2 residents of Kiev became the person involved in the case. One of them was already criminally responsible for the attack on a police officer.

The investigation into the establishment of all the circumstances of the offense and the prosecution of the perpetrators continues, the SBU noted. Details of the scheme were told at the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office. According to the case file, a 36-year-old native of Dnipropetrovsk region introduced a former SBU employee. He assured clients that he had links in the State Migration Service of Ukraine and could influence a positive decision.

The suspect said that out of the amount of $ 10,000, 7 thousand had to transfer to officials, and $ 3,000 to him. The organizer of the scheme, together with the accomplice, was detained on one of the capital gas station after receiving $ 3,000 as a pledge. Prosecutors added that the accused seized the SBU fake, uniform, weapons and drugs. The organizer of the scheme was suspected, he was chosen a pre -trial detention measure. Investigative actions continue with his accomplice.

The seized items and substances have been sent for examination, the sanction of the incriminated crime involves up to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property. We will remind that in Dnipro on January 14 detained 2 teenagers who photographed the Dnieper TPP in the southeastern part of the city one hour before the rocket strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. One of them has many conversations with subscribers from Russia in the WhatsApp app.