Volyn law enforcement officers have shut down a criminal organization that operated in the Volyn territory during February-May 2005.
As "Vholos" reports, this organization consisted of about 20 people, among them Volyn Roma, residents of the city of Nizhyn in Chernihiv region, and there were even former employees of the Volyn regional prosecutor's office here.
Members of the organization, through fraudulent means, took possession of the apartments of elderly people living alone in the regional center of Volyn. They are responsible for about 20 such crimes. The core of the criminal organization consisted of Volyn residents; four of them have already been detained and taken into custody.
The collected case materials are now being prepared for submission to court. They will be there in the coming days. If the court finds the suspects guilty, the fraudsters could end up behind bars for a term of up to about 15 years.