Investigators served a notice of suspicion of fraud to offender, who cheated a 95-year-old Lviv resident of a significant amount of money
Law enforcement officers established that the pensioner handed over UAH 20,000 and USD 2,000 to the suspect allegedly for an urgent surgery for her daughter, who, according to the suspect, was injured in a road accident.
On 2 August, at around 7.30 a.m., an unknown woman called the victim, introduced herself as a doctor and said that her daughter had been involved in a road accident, had been injured and needed money for an urgent operation.
The pensioner believed this fictitious story, provided her address and within an hour and a half handed over the money to the offender, who came to her home: 20 thousand hryvnias and 2 thousand dollars. However, the woman soon found out that her daughter had not been involved in an accident, and that she had actually become a victim of fraud.
Following the investigation, law enforcement officers established that a 35-year-old resident of Odesa region was involved in the crime. Shortly after committing another similar crime, she was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in Odesa. The police seized a portion of the illegally obtained funds from her.
Investigators of the Police Department No. 1 of the Lviv District Police Department No. 2, under the procedural supervision of the Frankivsk District Prosecutor’s Office, served the offender a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 1 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty provided by the article is imprisonment for up to three years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Lviv regional police communication department