Suspected members of an organized group selling counterfeit dietary supplements have been notified
This was reported by ThePublic.info citing the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Investigations established that in 2022, a resident of Kyiv created and led an organized group with the aim of embezzling citizens' money through deception. He involved three acquaintances in the group – two women and one man.
To cover up illegal activities, the offenders used a limited liability company, on behalf of which they ordered the production of dietary supplements at the facilities of another enterprise. In reality, the products did not contain the declared ingredients but were sold under a fictitious trade name.
The suspects rented an office in a Kyiv business center, from where they systematically called potential buyers – mainly elderly people and individuals with serious illnesses. They presented themselves as qualified specialists in the medical field, assured of the "miraculous" properties of the products, and offered to purchase them supposedly within the framework of the state program "Support".
After receiving orders, the scammers sent the "products" by mail, and the victims' funds were transferred to controlled accounts.
To date, six episodes of fraud amounting to nearly 100,000 hryvnias have been proven. Additionally, the involvement of the group in deceiving more than 80 other individuals for a total sum of about 1 million hryvnias is being verified.
During conducted searches, computer equipment, mobile phones, biologically active supplements, sports nutrition, and other physical evidence used by the members of the organized group in criminal activities were discovered and seized.
