Cherkasy police detained suspect in pensioner fraud

Investigators notified the defendant of suspicion of fraud. Currently, police are checking her involvement in other similar crimes.

21 In September, residents of the village Ruska Poliana turned to the Cherkasy District Police Department, who fell victim to scammers.

The victim said that an unknown person contacted him, introducing himself as a doctor and informing that his granddaughter had been in an accident and needed funds for treatment. After that, a woman came to the 77-year-old man, to whom he handed 450 thousand hryvnias and 8000 dollars, supposedly for the treatment of his granddaughter.

Officers of the Cherkasy District Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department, together with crime analysis specialists and investigators of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Department of the National Police in Cherkasy region, conducted a set of operational-search measures and identified the woman. It turned out to be a 42-year-old resident of Kyiv, who had previously been brought to criminal responsibility.

She was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Under the procedural guidance of the Cherkasy City Prosecutor's Office, the suspect was informed of suspicion under part 4 of article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In court, a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of 266 240 UAH was chosen for the suspect. The accused faces up to eight years in prison.

Pre-trial investigation continues, a circle of persons who could have suffered from the scammers' actions is being established.

The police warn citizens against actions of “telephone” scammers and advise not to trust strangers who report allegedly critical situations with relatives and demand urgent transfer of funds. In such a case, do not waste time and contact the number “102”.

Cherkasy region police