Lviv Fraudster Obtains Clients’ Funds Under the Pretext of Buying and Selling Cars
Causing clients losses of over 2.5 million UAH – in Lviv, police informed the ‘auto businessman’ of suspicion of fraud.
It was established that a 42-year-old resident of Lviv, under the guise of providing car buying, selling, and delivery services, fraudulently appropriated the funds of at least four of his clients. For his actions, he faces a punishment of up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property.
Fraud Cases
- As determined by crime police operatives and investigators from police department No.1 of Lviv district police department No.2, together with operatives from the criminal investigation department of Lviv police, in one instance, the offender sold a client’s Peugeot 307 without his knowledge, misappropriating the proceeds totaling over 120 thousand UAH.
- In another case, the figure received 23 thousand dollars from a client in Ukraine to purchase a Volkswagen Touareg in Germany. As a result, the man was left without both the vehicle and the money.
- In the third scenario, the suspect took on the task of transporting a client’s Chevrolet Bolt, worth over a million UAH, from Lviv to London, but instead kept the vehicle for himself.
- Another client handed over her Audi A5 to the offender for sale. After selling the vehicle, he did not transfer the proceeds amounting to over 600 thousand UAH to the client, instead appropriating them.
Under the procedural guidance of Frankivsk district prosecutor’s office, the suspect was notified of the suspicion of committing crimes as per parts 2, 3, and 4 of article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and part 3 of article 289 (Illegal Appropriation of a Transport Vehicle) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty prescribed by the articles is up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property.
Pre-trial investigation continues.
National Police of Ukraine