In Lviv, a criminal will be tried for embezzling citizens’ funds amounting to more than 150,000 hryvnias.
The accused faces a punishment of imprisonment for up to eight years for the crime committed. As established by law enforcement officers during the pre-trial investigation, the 20-year-old resident of Dnipro, after gaining access to the personal data of the victims, illegally accessed their online banking system accounts and appropriated their funds for personal use. In this way, the accused caused material damage to the victims amounting to more than 150,000 hryvnias. The victims of the criminal were two women aged 42 and 45, and two men aged 38 and 47 from different regions of Ukraine.
The pre-trial investigation, initiated under Part 4 of Article 185 (Theft) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Part 2 of Article 361 (Unauthorized interference with the work of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, has been completed. The indictment has been sent for court consideration. The maximum punishment provided by the sanctions of the articles is imprisonment for up to eight years.
The criminal was caught by operatives of the Cybercrime Counteraction Department in Lviv region in cooperation with criminal police operatives and investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1, under the procedural guidance of the Halytskyi District Prosecutor’s Office.