Detainee of pre-trial detention center stole money from the card of an AFU soldier: he was served a notice of suspicion
Kyiv • UNN
The offender, while in custody in a Kyiv pre-trial detention center, illegally withdrew funds from the card of an Armed Forces serviceman. The man posed as a bank employee, obtained the card details and stole over UAH 21 thousand via Internet banking.
The offender, while in custody at the Kyiv Pretrial Detention Center, illegally withdrew funds from the card of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The man was notified of suspicion. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
Details
Investigators found out that the prisoner, while in jail, used his cell phone to call an active serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine several times and introduced himself as a security officer of a state bank.
At the time of the call, the serviceman was on duty in the Zaporizhzhia direction, so he had no time to orient himself and find out who was calling him. So, taking advantage of this, the offender received his card details from the soldier and then transferred his money to other cards via online banking.
In this way, the man stole over 21 thousand hryvnias from the soldier.
The offender was served a notice of suspicion of fraud. He has been repeatedly prosecuted for theft, robbery, rape and fraud. Other victims of the suspect's actions are currently being identified. The sanction of the article provides for a sentence of up to 8 years in prison
Recall
The Kyiv police detained a woman who was raising funds allegedly for the Armed Forces. The suspect defrauded at least 8 people of 20 thousand hryvnias using real requests from the military, but indicating her own bank details.
