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The Ukrainian real estate agency Ze Yard, better known as Yana Yard, is today actively promoting in Dubai a project of elite real estate, Oak Yard, positioning itself as “our Ukrainian developer.” At the same time, according to the Stop Corruption TV investigation, in Ukraine there are several criminal cases opened against entities in the orbit of the agency founder Yana Rudkovska — a figure well known to Kyiv’s elite real estate market.
According to information available to the investigation authors, there are at least three criminal cases. The victims cited by the media Rozsliduvach.info claim that in Kyiv a businesswoman allegedly organized a scheme related to a real estate deal in the capital’s center: the parties signed a contract, Rudkovska received a deposit, after which, according to the victims, she disappeared with the money. The defrauded entrepreneur turned to the police, after which he was allegedly promised another premises as compensation — but instead, according to available information, he was attacked.
Among the victims is businessman Anton Shukhnin, owner of the Domino brand, who spoke about fractures of the bones on the left side of his face and the threat of losing an eye. “The scariest part was that there was a threat to lose an eye,” he noted, adding that the situation was saved thanks to skilled doctors. The editorial office has official extracts from the Unified Register of Preliminary Investigation confirming the fact of open cases on Shukhnin’s statements.
Criminal cases have been opened for suspected fraud and causing serious bodily injuries. However, as the authors of the material claim, Rudkovska has not returned to Ukraine for almost two years and is likely evading investigation actions, leading what is known to be a wealthy life in the United Arab Emirates.
It is there that the businesswoman presents a new project — Oak Yard, a complex advertised as the “house of the future” with a completion by the end of the current year. However, reporters who personally inspected the construction site say that only an early stage of construction is visible on site, with no signs that the project can be completed within the stated terms. In promotional materials for the project, it is stated, among other things, that physical presence in Dubai for investing is not required, and payment can be made by “bank transfer, cash, or even cryptocurrency.”
According to available information, investors’ funds may be collected on accounts of related firms — although, by the logic of such deals, they should go exclusively to a state-controlled escrow account that guarantees the protection of the investor’s funds until construction is completed. Against these possible financial schemes, the first, still anonymous, complaints from investors have begun to appear. According to the authors, dissatisfied clients in social networks complained: they have already paid the first installment, and a second one is being demanded from them — even though construction has not moved, and is not moving.
Another detail that drew journalists’ attention is the makeup of the client base of the Dubai agency, which is in their possession. It includes a number of Russian citizens, including lawyer Yuri Yakimenko from Rostov-on-Don, blogger Alexandra Milovanova from St. Petersburg, Lilia Safiullina, and Elena Dogadkina, whom journalists connect with an aide to a deputy of the Samara Provincial Duma from the United Russia party. The material’s authors emphasize that the mere presence of a surname in the database is not proof of a concluded deal, however, according to them, the editors have at least one real bill issued to one of these individuals.
Journalists from Stop Corruption TV report that they have already forwarded the appeal regarding the probable criminal offenses of Yana Yard to the UAE police and prosecutor’s office, and are currently awaiting an official response from foreign institutions.
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