The police are stopping real estate fraud gangs.

Officials of the Economic Crimes Combating Department of the Main Criminal Police Department of the State Police have stopped the activity of two organized groups that were engaged in defrauding real estate using forged documents, including forged private wills. As the police cooperated with notaries, persons who have suffered from the actions of these groups were identified. The total damage caused by criminal activities is estimated at more than 28,000 euros. The real estate against which the criminal plans were hatched is recognized as the property of the ownerless person under the jurisdiction of the state. In connection with the incident, a criminal proceeding has been initiated, which is qualified according to the third part of Article 177 of the Criminal Law (for fraud, if it is committed on a large scale or if it is committed by an organized group), according to the second part of Article 275 of the Criminal Law (for falsifying documents and realizing and using a forged document) and according to Article 299 of the Criminal Law (on knowingly false statement or submission to a notary public). During the pre-trial investigation, eight persons were detained. On March 31 of this year, the investigation against two persons born in 1959 and 1961 was completed and handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Riga District Court for initiation of criminal prosecution.

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