Three jailed for fraud

Two men and a woman have been jailed for a total of four and half years after pleading guilty to offences relating to passport and bank fraud.

32-year-old Aliaksandr Kryvulka, a Bournemouth resident but originally from Belarus, 22-year-old Ukranian, Denys Bilituyk, of no fixed abode and 23-year-old Russian, Natalia Saeva.

Following arrests and an investigation into shoplifting, the police called at an address in central Bournemouth and arrested Kryvulka.  They seized a number of items which included a safe in the loft containing in excess of 50 fraudulent passports and 12 counterfeit Lithuanian driving licences.

They also found a quantity of banking documents including bank cards, chequebooks, and statements in a multitude of names mostly of East European origin.
Some of the passports and driving licences bore photographs of Kryvulka, Saeva and Bilituyk.

Kryvulka and Saeva admitted using the false passports to open bank accounts. Kryvulka was charged and remanded in custody by Bournemouth Magistrates. Saeva was charged several weeks later and remanded in custody.

Bilituyk was arrested on 4 May 2009 for drink driving. He gave a false name and claimed he was Latvian but his true identity was revealed and he was further arrested for offences relating to the false passports. He admitted using a false identity to open a bank account.

On 4 May 2009, Kryvulka pleaded guilty to three offences of possession of fraudulent identity document with intent to establish registerable facts under the Identity Card Act 2006. On 19 June 2009, Kryvulka was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment.  He also pleaded guilty to five further offences of possession of a fraudulent identity document, one offence of obtaining services by deception and one of fraud by false representation.

He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for each offence, to run concurrently. He also asked for 42 other offences to be taken into consideration.
A confiscation order was made for £13,543.34 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The sale of his Mercedes car will also contribute to that sum.

Saeva, a Russian national, pleaded guilty to six offences, four under the Identity Card Act 2006 and two under the Fraud Act. On 19 June 2009, she was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for each offence, to run concurrently.

On 13 May 2009, Bilituyk pleaded guilty to offences under the ID card Act, Fraud Act, theft by shoplifting, failing to surrender to bail and excess alcohol. On 19 June 2009, he was sentenced to six months imprisonment with an 18 month driving disqualification.

All three were recommended for deportation at the conclusion of their sentences.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: “This kind of organised crime will be robustly tackled by Dorset Police and other law enforcement agencies.”