24 January 2026
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Investigators have sent to court the case of a foreigner accused of unauthorized land seizure, illegal construction and forgery.
This was reported by the press service of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.
During the pre-trial investigation, investigators found that the man, who owned an apartment in a residential building on Uspenskaya Street, decided to illegally expand his property. To do this, he used forged documentation and illegally occupied a communal land plot of almost 57 square meters, located within the water protection zone of the sea, the historic center of the city and the UNESCO World Heritage Site. On this territory, the foreigner built three premises - a creative workshop, a boiler room and a coffee shop, which he later leased out.
The man was charged with unauthorized construction and using a knowingly forged document. Under current law, the maximum penalty for these crimes is three years in prison.
The police also served a notice of suspicion to a 44-year-old resident of Odesa who illegally expanded his possessions on a land plot belonging to the community. Having owned an apartment, the man decided to illegally occupy it and carry out unauthorized construction there without permits for the land plot next to it. He organized the reconstruction of his apartment, in particular, expanded its living space by adding a pantry, a room and a corridor, and built a separate outbuilding nearby. In this way, the Odesa resident illegally occupied a 74.4 square meter land plot belonging to the city's territorial community for capital construction. Investigators filed a motion with the court to seize the suspect's real estate, including the one he illegally built.
Кирило Бойко