In the Kyiv region, law enforcement officers reported a 35-year-old bank employee who had been transferring money from the accounts of deceased clients to her own cards for two years. According to the Kyiv Region Police and the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, the perpetrator operated in 2020–2021 and targeted the accounts of bank clients who had already died. She changed the financial numbers attached to the accounts to her own and transferred the funds to her own cards.
The investigation identified at least six victims, and the amount of stolen funds is about 500 thousand hryvnias. The woman acted cautiously, transferring small amounts of 10–20 thousand hryvnias so as not to attract the bank's attention.
During a search of the defendant's home, material evidence was seized. She was informed of suspicion under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 3 of Article 190 - fraud; Part 1 of Article 200 - illegal actions with payment documents; Part 1 of Article 362 - unauthorized interference with the operation of computer systems. The sanctions of the articles provide for a penalty of up to five years of imprisonment.
A pre-trial investigation is currently underway, and law enforcement officers continue to establish all the circumstances of the case and possible other victims.
