Investigators have sent to court the case of two residents of Podilskyi district of Odesa region accused of unauthorized land seizure.
This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in Odesa region.
Law enforcement officers found that last spring, a 30-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Savranska community and his 70-year-old fellow villager illegally plowed and sowed corn on the community's land plots of 0.4 and more than 1.5 hectares, which are part of the coastal protection zone of the Southern Bug River, without permits.
The court granted the investigators' motion and seized the seized land plots. The maximum penalty for land grabbing is up to two years in prison.
Earlier, the police sent to court an indictment against a resident of Odesa who is suspected of having illegally built a recreation center on the community's land. Without permits, he hired workers and erected a 157.4 square meter building. The building was used as a recreation center to serve vacationers.
Earlier, the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office notified a man and two women of suspicion of fraud on a large scale, legalization of property obtained by criminal means, and forgery of documents. According to the investigation, in 2022-2024, the criminals repeatedly implemented a criminal scheme aimed at illegally registering land plots in Odesa as private property. Under the leadership of a 55-year-old organizer, two women were looking for undeveloped land plots without official owners. They produced forged land titles.
Кирило Бойко