In the Lviv region, police uncovered a fraudster who cheated Ukrainian military personnel by posing as an employee of a charity fund.
Law enforcement officers established that the suspect contacted soldiers who needed vehicles for combat missions at the front. She presented herself as a representative of a charity fund and offered to provide them with vehicles for free. However, the military had to transfer money to her in advance for fuel to transport the vehicles.
However, the 23-year-old resident of the Zakarpattia region had no vehicles and did not intend to deliver them to the military. She embezzled the received funds. Law enforcement documented several incidents of the suspect’s illegal activities. The amount of money she embezzled in each case ranged from 3,500 to 4,800 Ukrainian hryvnias.
The operative officers of the Cyber Crime Unit in the Lviv region, together with investigators from Police Department #2 of the Lviv District Police Department #2, under the procedural guidance of the Frankiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, uncovered the fraudster.
Investigators from the territorial police unit notified her of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for up to eight years. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. The court chose a preventive measure for the suspect—detention with the possibility of posting bail.