A Ukrainian woman sought a radical solution to avoid sharing her assets with her ex-husband after their divorce.
Law enforcement officials learned that a 55-year-old woman from Kharkiv was planning to take the life of her ex-husband from the "killer" himself. He had recently been released from prison and had no intention of returning, as reported by the communications department of the Kharkiv police.
The potential murderer was contacted by the woman through a mutual acquaintance, who expressed her grievances about her divorce. She had independently purchased a significant amount of real estate in the city, and her ex-husband was claiming half of it, as the acquisitions occurred during their marriage.
Initially, the woman offered $100 to have her ex-husband beaten up to make him drop his claims on the property. However, she later proposed to kill him, as explained by Sergey Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast, who added that the police documented the meetings between the "customer" and the "executor" through audio and video surveillance.
The woman provided the "killer" with a copy of her passport, handwritten the address of her ex-husband, and promised to transfer one of her apartments. The phrase "let's get acquainted" served as a coded message for the execution of the contract.
Police informed the man that there was a plot against him, and he began cooperating with law enforcement to simulate the crime. Photos and videos of the "murder" were taken, after which the customer received a message from the "killer."
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0 1 2 3 4 When the investigator called the woman, he informed her that her husband had been killed and invited her to the police station. The police informed the suspect of the charges under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 1 of Article 14, paragraphs 6 and 11 of Part 2 of Article 115 (preparation for contract killing for mercenary motives) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. She faces up to 15 years or life imprisonment.
Recall that on October 19, it was reported that the body of businessman Gennady Beybutyan was found on the roadside in the outskirts of Odessa. He was the head of the public organization "Unit for Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies," which helped patrol the city during curfews and served summons by the TCC employees.
It turned out that the murder was staged. The customer was a 43-year-old resident of another region, who promised to pay $80,000 for the hit.