Collecting donations for the Armed Forces: Kyiv police expose pseudo-volunteer
Kyiv • UNN
The Kyiv police detained a woman who was raising funds allegedly for the Armed Forces. The suspect defrauded at least 8 people of UAH 20 thousand using real appeals from the military, but indicating her own bank details.
Investigators have served a notice of suspicion to a woman who deceived citizens under the pretext of raising funds for generators and cars for the Ukrainian military. So far, eight victims have been identified, who transferred about 20 thousand hryvnias to accounts opened by the fraudster. This was reported by the Kyiv police, according to UNN.
The offender was exposed by operatives of the Holosiivskyi Police Department. The 28-year-old resident of Kyiv region posted in closed groups of one of the messengers real requests from military personnel about the needs of their units, but at the same time indicated the number of her own bank card and bank account,
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It is noted that the woman fraudulently seized at least twenty thousand hryvnias and spent them at her own discretion. Law enforcement officers conducted a search at the residence of the "pseudo-volunteer", as a result of which they found and seized material evidence confirming her illegal activities: phones and bank cards.
Investigators under the procedural supervision of the Holosiivskyi District Prosecutor's Office served the offender a notice of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - fraud committed through illegal transactions using electronic computers. The sanction of the article provides for a sentence of up to eight years in prison.
