The Uzhhorod District Prosecutor's Office has sent an indictment to the court regarding four residents of the city involved in fraudulent schemes for the sale of non-existent components for drones.

According to the investigation, a 30-year-old perpetrator, who already had a criminal record for fraud, along with three accomplices, created a number of fake accounts in the messenger "Telegram." They posed as sellers of products for FPV drones, including thermal cameras, video transmitters, controllers, and microchips.

The criminals deceived victims out of money through fake invoices and phishing links. The funds were transferred to the bank accounts of the accused, after which they were transferred between several cards and distributed among the participants of the scheme.

In this way, they defrauded at least six buyers, including residents of Kyiv region, Lviv region, and representatives of businesses. The total amount of damages amounted to over 1.1 million UAH.

Depending on the committed acts, the perpetrators are charged with fraud committed repeatedly, by prior conspiracy of a group of persons in conditions of martial law and using electronic computing technology (parts 2, 3, 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The actions of one of the accomplices are additionally qualified as legalization (laundering) of income obtained by criminal means (part 1 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The indictment has been sent by the prosecutor to the Uzhhorod City District Court for substantive consideration.

The pre-trial investigation was conducted by investigators of the investigative unit of Police Department No. 1 of the Uzhhorod District Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Transcarpathian region under the procedural guidance of the Uzhhorod District Prosecutor's Office.