In the Vinnytsia region, a pre -trial investigation was completed against a man who is accused of seizing almost one million hryvnias received by a woman after the death of her son at the front. This was reported by the police of the region.
According to the investigation, a group of fraudsters contacted the victim by phone, introducing themselves to the bank's employees. Under the guise of "unlocking" a bank card, they pulled confidential information and received access to mobile banking women. The main person being the 38-year-old native of the Russian Federation, previously convicted of property and drug crime, which now resides in Vinnitsa.
The attacker was repeatedly included in the victim account, made contactless payments, bought expensive goods, including 18 mobile phones, and transferred funds to other accounts. From the total amount of stolen funds - 969 933 hryvnia - almost 40 thousand he transferred to third -party accounts, and part of the purchased phones was handed over to Lombard, receiving about 450 thousand hryvnia in cash.
This money was a state aid that a woman received because of the death of her son in the war zone. Currently, an indictment under Part 5 of Art. 190 (fraud) and Part 2 of Art. 209 (laundering of property obtained) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine was transferred to the court. The suspect faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
