In the Sumy region, law enforcement officers detained a woman for fraud, due to which a 36-year-old local resident lost a significant amount of money.
According to the State Emergency Service in Sumy region, a 38-year-old native of Poltava, posing as an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, offered the victim the opportunity to get an apartment through the state UNESCO program. The woman stated that she had connections in narrow circles and offered help in exchange for money.
During the meetings, the fraudster received 100 thousand hryvnias from the woman in two installments, as well as an additional 100 euros from the victim's daughter. After that, the fraudster stopped contacting her and used the funds at her own discretion. It was established that she used similar schemes in Kharkiv.
Thanks to the operational work of the fraud prevention sector and the criminal analysis sector of the Sumy District Police Department, criminal activity was uncovered.
Police investigators, under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor's office, completed the pre-trial investigation and sent the indictment to the court under Part 1 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for restriction of liberty for up to three years. The defendant is awaiting sentencing in a pre-trial detention center.
