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Investigation established that a group of criminals, who previously cooperated with the victim, used violence to force him to transfer real estate and a large sum of money.
Law enforcement agencies in Odesa Oblast, acting under the procedural supervision of the regional prosecutor's office, notified four individuals of suspicion of kidnapping and extortion. According to case materials, in October 2026, the perpetrators kidnapped an agricultural entrepreneur and, under threats of physical harm, demanded one million US dollars from him, as well as the forced transfer of residential real estate.
Following the investigation, the main organiser was identified as a 46-year-old resident of Vinnytsia. He involved three accomplices aged between 28 and 33: a citizen of a foreign state, a resident of Odesa, and a representative from Mykolaiv Oblast. Previously, all the defendants had a joint business with the victim in the sphere of farming and grain trading. After financial difficulties arose in the partnership, the criminals decided to demand the return of a fabricated debt amounting to one million US dollars.
In early October 2026, the suspects lured the entrepreneur to one of the offices in Odesa. There, the organiser used physical violence: he brutally beat the victim, threatened him with a knife, fired a pistol towards his legs, and then struck him on the head with the weapon's grip. Other accomplices blocked the exit, preventing the victim from escaping, and threatened physical harm to him and his family.
Over the next two weeks, the group kept the entrepreneur under constant surveillance. The perpetrators took turns staying in his home, accompanied him to and from work daily, and forced him to sign documents for the transfer of real estate. Under pressure of physical and psychological violence, the victim was first taken to Mykolaiv, and later to Kyiv. In the capital, he was forced to notarise a power of attorney for the disposal of his apartment. The next demand was the transfer of the entrepreneur's mother's residential house to the criminals.
All four defendants have been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 146 (unlawful deprivation of liberty or kidnapping of a person committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) and Part 4 of Article 189 (extortion in especially large amounts under martial law) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. At the prosecutors' request, the court selected preventive measures in the form of detention without the right to bail for the organiser and two of his accomplices. Law enforcement officers are continuing the search for and arrest of the fourth suspect, who is currently at large.
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