Prosecutors of the Drohobych District Prosecutor’s Office have sent an indictment to court against a 27-year-old resident of Truskavets. He is accused of fraud (Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
A resident of Truskavets will be tried for fraudulently stealing over UAH 130 thousand through a phishing website
The investigation established that in January 2023, the accused developed a fraudulent scheme to seize funds from a Volyn resident.
To do this, using a mobile phone, he created a phishing link that copied the appearance and content of the website of a banking institution. The offender then sent a message with the link to the victim via Viber. The victim, in turn, followed the link, as he mistook it for the bank’s official website.
Thus, more than UAH 130 thousand was debited from the man’s accounts, which were attached to the phone number.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of the Police Department No. 2 of the Drohobych District Police Department of the Main Department of the National Police of the region.
Note: In accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
Information Policy Department of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office