A lawyer from Lviv region, exposed by the Security Service of Ukraine, was served suspicion notice of intentional falsification of documents on state property rights, fraud and "laundering" of proceeds of crime.

According to the investigation, the lawyer together with an acquaintance developed a scheme for the misappropriation of property of the city community. It was established that he ordered the production of forged documents for the illegal change of ownership of land and communal real estate in Lviv city with a total value of over 6.4 million hryvnias. The malefactor then re-registered the property on controlled pseudo-public organizations for further resale to commercial entities. 

The operatives of the special service established that the organizers sold part of the expropriated real estate for USD 300 thousand, and managed to transfer the other to the ownership of one of the "public organizations".

The criminal was served a notice of suspicion of committing a crime stipulated by Part 4 Art. 358, Part 4 Art. 190 and Part 2 Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A serving of suspicion notice to his accomplice is planned.

The detection of illegal activities was carried out by operatives of the SBU Office in Lviv region together with investigators of the National Police under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor's Office of Lviv region.