In Lviv, a man will be tried for swindling over 2 million hryvnias from the relatives of a missing soldier. According to the National Police, the perpetrator devised a fraudulent scheme to settle his own debts.
He convinced the missing soldier’s brother that he had connections with Russian occupiers who could assist in locating the relative. Exploiting the victim’s despair, the accused swindled 2 million 110 thousand hryvnias from him, which he used to pay off his own debts.
Cyber police in the Lviv region, together with investigators from District Police Department No. 1, uncovered the perpetrator in February this year. Currently, law enforcement officers have completed the pre-trial investigation and have forwarded the criminal case materials with an indictment to the court. For his actions, he faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Source: MVS LVIV