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Operated 39 illegal gambling halls in Kyiv: five members of an organized group to be tried
Five members of an organized group who set up a network of illegal gambling establishments in the capital will stand trial. The accused include the organizer, an accomplice, and three co-perpetrators. Detectives from the Main Detective Unit of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine exposed and documented their activities.
Investigators established that the group’s members ran 39 underground gambling halls with computer simulators of slot machines.
The establishments operated without the licenses required by law, mainly in the city’s residential neighborhoods. Only vetted clients had access to the premises. To get into a gambling hall, visitors phoned the administrator in advance or used a doorbell installed at the entrance.
Once inside the gambling hall, clients paid cash at the cashier and received an access code for the computer gambling simulator. After activating the code they could place bets and play for money.
BEB detectives carried out more than 70 searches of the gambling venues and at the homes of the organizer and other group members. They seized computer equipment, mobile phones, cash obtained from the illegal establishments, and other physical evidence.
The defendants’ actions were qualified according to each person’s role under part 2, 3, 5 of article 27, part 3 of article 28, part 2 of article 203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The indictment against the five members of the organized group has been sent to court.
Prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General are overseeing the criminal proceedings.
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