Group of persons, who embezzled UAH 2.5 million of donations for Armed Forces, exposed - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTOS

Three persons were served a notice of suspicion of fraud and money laundering (Art. 190, parts 3, 4, 209, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They misappropriated the money they were allegedly raising for the needs of the Armed Forces.

This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, Censor.NET informs.

Thus, the suspects created dozens of fake accounts on several popular social networks. Using photographs of documents of active Ukrainian servicemen, they published announcements about fundraising, allegedly for the needs of the Armed Forces. Instead, the men used the funds received for their own needs.

As of today, it has been established that the suspects misappropriated donations to the Ukrainian Defence Forces in the amount of over UAH 2.5 million.

During the searches of their places of residence and registration in Cherkasy and Kyiv regions, mobile phones, bank cards, computer equipment and other material evidence were seized.