The Svyatoshyn District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv has reported a 28-year-old woman to the police. She is suspected of fraud under the “Your relative is in trouble” scheme.
This was reported by the press services of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv and the city prosecutor's office.
It is noted that a 79-year-old resident of the Svyatoshynskyi district of Kyiv contacted the police. She said that she initially received a call from a law enforcement officer. He said that her son had been in a serious accident and needed urgent, expensive surgery.
“The suspect came to the grandmother for money, to whom the pensioner gave 7,000 US dollars and 20,000 hryvnias. Only after giving the money did the woman decide to find out how her son was and found out that she had been deceived,” the report says.
Law enforcement officials reported that the suspect is an unemployed 28-year-old woman from Kyiv. During a search of her home, mobile phones, money, and SIM cards were seized.
The investigation is being conducted under Part 3 of Article 190 Fraud committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, under martial law and on a large scale of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to 5 years of imprisonment. The suspect was chosen as a preventive measure – detention with the right to post bail. Other accomplices are currently being identified.
It was previously reported that a 74-year-old Kyiv resident turned to the capital's law enforcement officers and said that she had been cheated out of all her savings. An “SBU employee” convinced the Kyiv resident that her number was allegedly displayed in Russia, so all the funds stored at her home needed to be “checked” for involvement in illegal activities. The police have located the suspect, a 31-year-old Kyiv resident.
Also in Kyiv, a woman was convicted of stealing about 30,000 hryvnias from an 87-year-old city dweller during a “damage removal” ritual. She received 5 years in prison. The money was returned to the owner.