The SBU, the police, and the prosecutor’s office uncovered a large-scale sand scheme.
A company linked to Oleg Kiyashko was searched at 21 Mironositskaya Street in the center of Kharkov. Oleg Kiyashko (in the picture) – the son-in-law of the late leader of the organized crime group Knyaz.
According to reports, investigative measures were conducted by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the SBU, and the National Police at ZZHBK Etalon company and the Barkhan company. “Reviewer”The Etalon plant is officially owned by Andrey Kazarinov and Sergey Kuvikov, while the Barkhan company was previously owned by
Vadim Kazartsev known as a criminal “authority” nicknamed Prince (died in autumn 2020“NV Kharkov”). As noted both legal entities are now controlled by the son-in-law of the late Oleg Kiyashko.Previously, the online edition reported that the SBU exposed a gang involved in raiding, extortion, and premeditated murders in the Kharkiv, Poltava, and Dnepropetrovsk regions in the summer of 2020. Four group leaders, including Kazartsev’s son-in-law, Oleg Kiyashko, were detained. Additionally, Alexander Polyakov, considered the “financial director” of Kazartsev, remained at large and facilitated the “economic component” of the raider seizures.
Details about the organized crime group of the Prince of Media were previously written in detail. CRiME wroteJournalists also noted that an information campaign began to clean Oleg Kiyashko's reputation after the defeat of the “brigade,” attempting to present the SBU's operation as part of a raider takeover.
Kiyashko and other members of the Prince’s group were detained in 2020 as part of the investigation of criminal proceedings No. 42020000000000352 regarding extortion of money from the owners of LLC NPF Barkhan and the illegal re-registration of part of the company to Kazartsev and Kiyashko. They extorted UAH 5 million, but only $11 thousand were transferred to the extortionists.According to Kharkiv Today, the security service operatives found that former members of the Prince's organized criminal group, neutralized by the SBU in 2020, are involved in organizing a criminal scheme for the theft of subsoil. They established illegal quarries in the Kharkiv region for large-scale production of building sand.
The attackers used details of five local commercial firms, land lease agreements, and permits to create the illusion of legitimacy for illegal transactions, according to the SBU. were detained as part of the investigation of criminal proceedings No. 42020000000000352 on cause about extortion of money from the owners of LLC NPF Barkhan (the same one that now appears in the case of illegal sand mining) and the illegal re-registration of part of the company to the people of Kazartsev and Kiyashko. According to the plot of the case, in addition to a share in the authorized capital, the organized criminal group also extorted UAH 5 million, but as a result, only $11 thousand were transferred to the extortionists.
Now how writes Kharkiv Today With reference to the Kharkiv regional department of the SBU, the security service operatives established that “local residents who were previously part of the so-called organized criminal group of the Prince, neutralized by the SBU in 2020, are involved in organizing a criminal scheme for the theft of subsoil.” On the territory of the Kharkiv region, the attackers equipped several illegal quarries, where they organized a large-scale production of building sand.
According to the SBU, in order to create the illusion of legitimacy of illegal transactions, the attackers used the details of five local commercial firms and covered themselves with land lease agreements and the availability of permits.
The investigation found that out of 19 hectares of illegal quarry, the lease was issued for only 2.5 hectares, and the special permit for the development of minerals was generally obtained with gross violations of the current environmental legislation.
At the end of May last year, SBU officers blocked the operation of an illegal quarry created by members of this criminal group in the suburbs of Kharkov on the territory of the Rogan United Community.
“But in order to preserve the shadow super-profits, the criminals set up another quarry in the Balakleysky district of the Kharkiv region, where they continued the illegal development of the subsoil. According to the conclusions of the complex of examinations, the amount of damage caused to the state as a result of the illegal activities of this criminal group is about billion hryvnia“, – say in the special service.
Employees of the SBU, with the involvement of fighters from the Alpha special unit, searched the homes of members of the criminal group and at the addresses of commercial firms in Kharkiv.
The issue of informing three organizers of criminal activity of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 28 and parts 2 and 4 of Art. 240 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (commission of a crime by an organized group, violation of the rules for the protection or use of subsoil, which entailed grave consequences).
