Former Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Irena Kilchytska, will be tried for fraud in the sale of property in Crimea

The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea has submitted an indictment to the court regarding the former deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration. She is accused of unlawfully appropriating funds from the sale of Crimean real estate.

This information was reported by the prosecutor’s office.

The prosecution noted that in 2021, the victim owned property in the occupied peninsula and decided to sell it to avoid unlawful “nationalization” of the property by the occupying authorities. The total sale amount was $1,927,000.

The accused took on the responsibility to help the victim transfer the funds from the occupied Crimea to mainland Ukraine. The former deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration was well-known within political and business circles and had a substantial financial standing, which is why the victim agreed to her assistance, as asserted by the investigation.

The man fully complied with the instructions of the accused and transferred the funds to her associate. Subsequently, the former official embezzled the money and refused to return it to the victim, as determined by investigators.

The woman’s actions have been classified as fraud, as defined in part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code. She faces a potential sentence of 3 to 8 years of imprisonment for this offense.