Lviv region police serve offender a notice of suspicion for allegedly cheating money for treatment of servicemen
The suspect, a 29-year-old resident of Kyiv region, faces up to three years’ imprisonment for his actions.
The offender was exposed by criminal police operatives and investigators of the Police Department No. 1 of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1, under the procedural supervision of the Halychyna District Prosecutor’s Office.
According to law enforcement officers, the suspect posted ads on social media to raise funds for the alleged needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and prosthetics for his father’s leg. However, he appropriated the money that came to his accounts and disposed of it at his own discretion.
The police documented 16 facts of misappropriation of citizens’ funds totalling almost UAH 12 thousand by the suspect.
Investigators of the territorial police unit served the offender a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Fraud). The maximum penalty provided by the sanction of the article is imprisonment for up to three years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Lviv regional police communication department