As determined by operatives of the Cybercrime Countermeasures Department in Lviv Region and employees of Lviv District Police Department No. 1, a 29-year-old resident of Lviv Oblast engaged in fraud while in one of Lviv’s correctional facilities, where he was serving a sentence for theft by court order.
The attacker gained access to the Internet, created a profile under a fictitious name in one of the social networks and posted a false ad about collecting funds allegedly for the treatment of a wounded soldier of the Armed Forces.
Later, he entered into correspondence with visitors to his account and convinced them to transfer funds in the amount of 500 to 1,000 hryvnias to the account indicated by him. The fraudster appropriated the money received in this way.
Law enforcement officers documented four such episodes.
Investigators of the territorial division of the police, under the procedural leadership of the Galicia District Prosecutor’s Office, informed the intruder 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.
The pre-trial investigation continues, law enforcement officers are identifying other victims of the suspect’s criminal actions.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police