After a month of living together, the guy stole 300,000 hryvnias from the girl and took a taxi to Odesa

A woman met a guy on a dating site. After a month of living together, while she was at work, he took her 300,000 hryvnias and took a taxi to Odesa. The thief was detained. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Kyiv police.

A local resident contacted the duty station of the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department and reported that her cohabitant had not returned home in the evening, and she had discovered the absence of a significant amount of funds 

According to the head of the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department, Ihor Padyuk, law enforcement officers have launched a set of urgent investigative and search measures.

We found that the woman met the man on one of the dating sites. After a month of living together, one evening he did not return home and stopped communicating. Later, she discovered that 300,000 hryvnias had disappeared from her. The attacker took the money, called a taxi and went to the city of Odesa. Thanks to the coordinated and prompt work, we detained the man a day later. During the detention, part of the funds were seized from him, and he spent the rest on taxis and his own needs 

Investigators, under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor's office, informed a 30-year-old local resident about the suspicion under Part 4 of Article 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - theft committed under martial law.

The court chose a preventive measure for the defendant in the form of detention with the possibility of bail of 302 thousand 800 hryvnias.

Supplement

A 34-year-old man, who had repeatedly come to the attention of law enforcement officers for property crimes, was detained in Lviv for theft. It turned out that the day before, he had also stolen property worth more than 120,000 hryvnias from an acquaintance from Khmelnytskyi region and left him a note of apology. The attacker was notified of the suspicion.