A fraudster is using a fake investigation to blackmail the head of the CCC.

Law enforcement officers have exposed a fraudster who offered a CCC official a $100,000 bribe to “resolve the issue” through an improvised criminal prosecution. The perpetrator introduced himself as someone with connections in law enforcement and assured that he could influence the course of the investigation.

As noted by the National Police, a 47-year-old private entrepreneur was under investigation. Operatives of the Internal Security Department of the National Police, in cooperation with investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation, discovered that the man was trying to “sell” a fabricated criminal case.

According to the investigation, the perpetrator tried to involve a military officer, the head of one of the district CCCs. He invented stories about the official’s criminal prosecution and the prosecution of his relatives by the State Bureau of Investigation, blackmailing them with fabricated facts. In exchange for $100,000, the fraudster promised to influence a fictitious investigation, including agreeing to avoid suspicion, searches, and public publicity. He demanded half the amount — $50,000 — and left the details unclear “for the right people” at the SBI, threatening to publish compromising information in case of refusal.

The perpetrator was detained while transferring $50,000. He has already been charged under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (for a completed attempt to commit fraud on a vast scale). The sanction of this article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years with the possibility of confiscation of property.