Kharkiv exposes fraudulent scheme of passenger transportation to occupied territories
Kyiv • UNN
In Kharkiv, a 35-year-old Azerbaijani citizen was detained for cheating a woman out of UAH 13,000 by posting a fake ad for passenger transportation to the occupied territories.
In Kharkiv, a fraudulent scheme with passenger transportation to the occupied territories was uncovered. This was reported by the police of the Kharkiv region, UNN reports.
Details
Officers of the Cybercrime Department in Kharkiv region together with the Investigation Department of the Kharkiv Police Department No. 2 exposed a fraudulent scheme that led to the misappropriation of a citizen's funds during the registration of passenger transportation to the occupied territories.
According to the information, the 35-year-old defendant, a previously convicted unemployed citizen of Azerbaijan, was wanted for another property crime and was hiding in Kharkiv.
The man, having become a member of a virtual community about passenger transportation to the occupied territories, took advantage of the victim's trust and desperate situation, as she had no other way to travel to her family.
Thus, by posting a fictitious advertisement for passenger transportation to the occupied territories, the offender seized the woman's funds in the amount of 13 thousand hryvnias. The victim, having transferred the money as a prepayment for tickets, was left without the service and money.
Following the search, the Azerbaijani citizen was detained and served a notice of suspicion of fraud. Based on the results of the investigation, a custodial detention without bail was chosen as a measure of restraint.
