Organizer of international document forgery scheme extradited to Ukraine – prosecutor's office
Prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, working with foreign partners, secured the extradition of the organizer of a group producing and selling forged documents, who had been detained in Germany.
"The organizer of a group that produced and sold forged documents - from Ukrainian IDs to EU country passports - has been transferred to Ukraine. He was detained in Germany, and his extradition was secured by prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General working with foreign partners," the Office of the Prosecutor General said on Telegram.
According to the investigation, the native of Dnipropetrovsk region created a criminal organization, recruited nine participants, assigned roles and controlled the full cycle - from production to sale and delivery of documents.
"Production was set up in apartments converted into workshops, using computer equipment, plastic card printers and holographic film. Documents of Ukraine and a number of European countries were forged - Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia and Moldova," the prosecutor’s office said.
Clients were offered passports, driver’s licenses, residence permits, vehicle documents, visas, seals and stamps. Between 20 and 50 documents were produced daily, priced from $300 to $1,500. Orders were accepted online and finished products were sent by post within Ukraine and abroad.
In May 2024, nine participants were detained. They were served with notices of suspicion, remanded in custody without the right to bail, and indictments were referred to court. The organizer fled abroad, was placed on an international wanted list and served with a notice of suspicion in absentia. In April 2025 he was detained in Germany, after which extradition proceedings began.
On April 23, 2026, a court remanded him in custody.
