As a result of the suspect’s illegal activities, material losses totaling more than 28,000 hryvnias were incurred by two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a man who intended to purchase military ammunition for his brother, who is currently defending the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine
The perpetrator was exposed by operatives of the Cybercrime Countermeasures Department of the Lviv Oblast Police together with investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1, under the procedural guidance of the Galicia District Prosecutor’s Office.
As the law enforcement officers established, a 26-year-old resident of the Chervonograd district created a platform for the sale of military equipment and household appliances in one of the social networks. In fact, she did not have the product in stock, instead, the woman received money from customers as a subscription and later appropriated it.
The law enforcement officers documented three facts of illegal activity, as a result of which three “clients” of the criminal – two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a man whose brother serves in the army – lost their money. All three intended to purchase ammunition, including a set of military uniforms, a helmet and a thermal suit, among other items. They transferred the funds to the account specified in the ad, but they never received the ordered item. The total amount of funds that the suspect took possession of is more than 28 thousand hryvnias.
The investigators informed the perpetrator of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years.