Called themselves "SBU employees" and were to check money for involvement in the Russian Federation: in Kyiv, fraudsters extorted UAH 1.4 million from a pensioner
Kyiv • UNN
A 74-year-old pensioner in Kyiv gave more than UAH 1.4 million to fraudsters who introduced themselves as SBU employees. They promised to check her savings for involvement in the aggressor country.
In Kyiv, a pensioner gave over UAH 1.4 million to fraudsters who introduced themselves as SBU employees and were supposed to check the money for involvement in the aggressor country, UNN reports with reference to the Kyiv prosecutor's office.
A 30-year-old resident of the capital has been notified of suspicion of fraud, who deceived an elderly Kyiv woman, promising to check her savings
It was established that the 74-year-old woman was informed by phone that the SBU had to check her money for involvement in the aggressor country. For this, she had to provide all her savings for verification, and in a few days, the money would be returned to her.
Believing that she was communicating with special service employees, the pensioner handed over all her savings to the so-called "agent" - over 21 thousand dollars, about 5 thousand euros, and about 285 thousand hryvnias. In total, this is over 1 million 400 thousand hryvnias.
The actions of the suspect, to whom the pensioner gave the money, were qualified under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely, as complicity in fraud committed on an especially large scale.
Other persons involved in the fraud are being identified.