In Lviv, a young man will stand trial for stealing money from the online banking of a veteran acquaintance.
The 22-year-old Lviv resident was exposed by the operatives of the Cybercrime Counteraction Department in the Lviv region in cooperation with the investigators of Police Department No. 2 of Lviv District Police Department No. 2 under the procedural guidance of the Frankivsk District Prosecutor’s Office.
It was established that in September 2025, while in a rented apartment, the perpetrator took the victim’s mobile phone, used automatic password entry, interfered with the online banking system’s operation, and made several transactions, seizing his funds totaling more than 28,000 hryvnias, and returned the phone.
Pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceeding, opened under part 1 of Article 361 (‘Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks’) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and part 4 of Article 185 (‘Theft’) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, is completed. The indictment has been sent to court for consideration.
The maximum penalty provided by the articles’ sanctions is imprisonment for up to eight years.