The head of Slavske Forestry (Lviv region), who is also a member of the village council, and his accomplices were caught in a deal to misappropriate a plot of forest and property worth more than three million hryvnias. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
Five people involved in the scheme of misappropriation of forest land and real estate were served with a notice of suspicion.
“Among them are the head of the Slavske forestry, who is a deputy of the village council in Lviv region, his wife and three land surveyors. They are charged with forgery of official documents, their use and unfinished attempted misappropriation of another’s property, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Part 1, Part 4 of Article 358, Part 3 of Article 15, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),”
– the statement said.
The Prosecutor General’s Office does not specify who exactly is involved. However, it is specified that the suspect is the chairman of the permanent deputy commission on land use of the village council of the Slavske united territorial community. According to the community’s website, he is Serhiy Kokots, who is a member of the village council from the Servant of the People party.
The head of the forestry, being a deputy and chairman of the land use commission of the village council, decided to appropriate a plot of forest with a forester’s house of more than 200 square metres and involved four accomplices.
“On behalf of his wife, he wrote an application to the village council to prepare a land management project for the allocation of 0.35 hectares of land for personal farming… In February 2022, it was decided to approve the land management project and transfer this land plot. At the same time, the woman did not have time to register her ownership of the land, as the forestry official learned that the illegal activity had been exposed by law enforcement agencies. To cover up the illegal actions, the village council cancelled its previous decisions at the request of the deputy’s wife,”
– said the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The total value of the forestry land plot together with the property is over three million hryvnias.
The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the suspects is currently being decided.
Photo: Office of the Prosecutor General