{"id":630657,"date":"2026-10-27T12:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/10\/630657\/a-resident-of-mykolaiv-oblast-borrowed-a-vaz-for-a-week-and-traded-it-for-a-chevrolet\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:16:46","slug":"a-resident-of-mykolaiv-oblast-borrowed-a-vaz-for-a-week-and-traded-it-for-a-chevrolet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/630657\/a-resident-of-mykolaiv-oblast-borrowed-a-vaz-for-a-week-and-traded-it-for-a-chevrolet\/","title":{"rendered":"A resident of Mykolaiv Oblast borrowed a VAZ for a week and traded it for a Chevrolet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24-year-old<\/strong> resident of Mykolaiv Oblast<\/strong> has been notified of suspicion of illegally taking possession of a vehicle. According to the circumstances established during the investigation, he took a VAZ<\/strong> car from an acquaintance in Odesa<\/strong>, but instead of returning it, traded it for a Chevrolet<\/strong> and received additional money.<\/p>\n

The car\u2019s owner, a 20-year-old<\/strong> woman from Odesa, lent her acquaintance a vehicle worth nearly 79,000 hryvnias<\/strong>. The man explained that he needed it for a week<\/strong> to take care of personal matters in Vinnytsia Oblast<\/strong>. When the agreed period had passed, he did not return the car and stopped answering phone calls. The woman tried to recover her property herself, but without success, so she contacted the police.<\/p>\n

Police established that the man had never intended to return someone else\u2019s car. On a popular classifieds website, he found a car reseller and arranged a trade.<\/p>\n

The exchange took place in Cherkasy Oblast<\/strong>. After handing over his acquaintance\u2019s car, the man received another vehicle and additional cash, then headed to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Officers from the local police unit, together with staff from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Odesa Oblast<\/strong>, tracked down the Odesa woman\u2019s car and seized it. The suspect\u2019s whereabouts were also established.<\/p>\n

Investigators notified the man of suspicion under Part 1 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> \u2014 illegal taking of possession of a vehicle. The penalty provided for by this article is 3 to 5 years<\/strong> of imprisonment. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n