A man was threatened with the TCC and being placed on a wanted list, and his real estate worth UAH 9.8 million was taken from him

In Kyiv, two men exploited fears of being wanted and of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center to take a 58-year-old local resident’s property. They convinced the victim that, because he was wanted, his assets could be confiscated and therefore had to be urgently transferred to other people. As a result, the man lost an apartment, a private house, and a plot of land worth more than UAH 9.8 million in total.

As reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office on November 10, 2026, an indictment against a 45-year-old resident of Kyiv Region and a 38-year-old Kyiv resident has been sent to court.

According to investigators, the victim owned an apartment in Kyiv, as well as a private house and a plot of land in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. The perpetrators took advantage of the man’s trust and devised a scheme in which one of them intimidated the victim while the other pretended to be someone who could help him avoid trouble.

First, one of the suspects introduced himself as an employee of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center. He ordered the man to get into a car and claimed that he was wanted. Another participant in the scheme then joined in, having pretended to be the victim’s friend for a long time. He told the man that he had supposedly arranged for his release and could resolve the issue with the recruitment center.

The scammers later told the Kyiv resident that his property could supposedly be confiscated because he was wanted. To prevent this, they proposed that he urgently transfer his property to other people, assuring him that it was only a temporary measure and that everything would be returned to him later.

The victim first signed sale agreements for the plot of land and private house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. He received the buyer’s money but, at the direction of one of the accused, immediately handed it over to him. The scammers later convinced the man to transfer his Kyiv apartment as well. This time, the property was not sold; instead, it was transferred to an unrelated woman under a gift agreement.

Thus, under the pretext of saving him from a supposedly possible confiscation, the man lost all three properties. An expert valuation found that the apartment, house, and plot of land are worth more than UAH 9.8 million in total.

Law enforcement officers seized all the properties obtained through the fraud scheme. In addition, property belonging to one of the accused was also seized to potentially compensate the victim for his losses.

The two men are charged with repeated fraud committed by a group of people acting in collusion, during martial law, and on an especially large scale. Their actions were classified under Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The indictment is now before the court.

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