About fifteen Belarusians and Russians detained for fraud with expensive Moscow real estate
The Investigative Committee reported the uncovering of an international network of grey real estate agents.
The story began when a 59-year-old native of the Minsk region with a rich criminal past, convicted of robberies, rape, and thefts, moved to Russia after serving another sentence. There, he used his connections in the criminal underworld and assembled a gang.
Initially, the accomplices profited from counterfeiting: they produced fake seals, stamps, and documents in Belarus, and then sent them via couriers to buyers in Russia.
Over time, the criminals moved to a larger scale. Forgeries began to be used in Russia to register inheritance for apartments of deceased persons or those who had been absent for a very long time.
The target was elite Moscow real estate, and stand-ins played the roles of relatives.
In this way, the gang managed to seize four apartments in Moscow with a total value of about 3.2 million Belarusian rubles, but the defendants did not manage to sell them and profit from them.
Four gang members were detained in Belarus. Criminal cases were initiated against them for creating or participating in a criminal organization, which carries a sentence of up to 13 years in prison. The others, including the gang leader himself, were taken into custody in Russia. In total, law enforcement agencies exposed 16 members of this criminal network.
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