Gang, headed by Israeli Russian origin, took ten times more from tourists than they were in restaurants, and if they refused, then robbed them. Bandana Israelin mainly consisted of citizens of Azerbaijan and Ukraine. According to Walla portal, incidents occurred in Kiev.
Last week, the Kiev police arrested a gang of foreigners led by Israelis with Russian “roots”. The extortion of tourists has become a familiar thing for local restaurants and bars and led to numerous warnings in tourist groups and on sites.
According to the agency, since the beginning of 2020, the gang conducted a scam from about 150 tourists. It is specified that the waiters and the owner of the institution were in collusion with fraudsters: the staff filed foreigners in the amount, ten times larger than the real cost of food, which they ordered independently or with the help of the owner of the catering point – thus forcing tourists to pay for thousands of dollars. If tourists refused to pay, the gang members led them to the office of the manager and there forced to pay with violence or psychological pressure. If they still refused, the gang robbed them, taking money, mobile phones and jewels.
According to the district prosecutor’s office, the leader and citizen of Israel have already been wanted by Interpol for banking scams. Law enforcement officers also reported that among the arrested gang members were citizens of Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
As the general prosecutor of Kiev noted, the grouping intimidated visitors, therefore it was counting that they would not complain to the police, and law enforcement agencies would be engaged in crimes. Currently, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office is working to learn tourists with a special status, which would allow them to testify without returning to Ukraine.
is specified to catch a gang, the local police in Kiev worked with the national police, the immigration authorities of the country and the district prosecutor’s office.
During the raid in three famous places of recreation in the center of Kiev, ten men were detained from 19 to 40 years old, including local patrol, who issued himself for a taxi driver and delivered tourists to the locations of the deployment.
If the Supreme Suspects recognizes the guilty, then the gang members threaten from seven to ten years in prison. Police suspects that the inhabitants of Ukraine were involved in the scheme of deception of tourists, and does not exclude that restaurant owners are also arrested.