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The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Gomel region has disclosed the details of deception of subscribers of marketplace accounts for the purchase and sale of clothes and shoes, BelTA learned from the official representative of the Investigative Committee Maria Krivonogova.
The defendants in the case were two friends of 19 and 17 years old. The criminal scheme unfolded in July 2023. The idea to quickly earn extra money on the Internet came to an older friend who asked a friend to provide his account on a social network with a fictitious nickname. "Having gained access, he posted a photo of his alleged product in his profile. Then I began to monitor thematic online platforms with ads for the search and sale of things with specific parameters. Having found a suitable request, in personal correspondence he offered to bring goods from Poland for full or partial prepayment. To transfer and withdraw money, he dumped the details of the bank cards of acquaintances, whom he used in the dark," the USC explained.
Those wishing to buy fashionable sneakers, jeans, T-shirts, and other wardrobe items made an advance payment. In response, after a while, the seller pointed out false unforeseen circumstances that required additional transfers. He referred to the increase in the exchange rate, prices, car breakdown, etc.
The younger defendant also decided to benefit from his friend's scheme. He repeatedly asked him to pay for using the page on social networks, threatened to block him. Having received an insignificant amount, he changed the password.
According to the USC, in nine months, 37 residents of various regions of Belarus got into the trader's network. Most of the victims are students of schools and colleges. On
the basis of the evidence collected in the case by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Gomel region, the senior defendant was charged under Part 1 of Article 209 (seizure of property by deception), the junior - under Part 6 of Article 16, Part 1 of Article 209 (aiding and abetting in the seizure of property by deception) of the Criminal Code.
A preventive measure in the form of detention was applied to the first. The minor accused was taken into custody in another criminal case that was in the proceedings of the Zhlobin ROSK. In the spring of this year, the young man, under the guise of luring two subscribers of the thematic group out of advance payment for sneakers and hoodies. In the summer, together with another friend, being intoxicated, he stole a relative's car. The sentence handed down on these episodes has not yet entered into force.
The defendants in the case were two friends of 19 and 17 years old. The criminal scheme unfolded in July 2023. The idea to quickly earn extra money on the Internet came to an older friend who asked a friend to provide his account on a social network with a fictitious nickname. "Having gained access, he posted a photo of his alleged product in his profile. Then I began to monitor thematic online platforms with ads for the search and sale of things with specific parameters. Having found a suitable request, in personal correspondence he offered to bring goods from Poland for full or partial prepayment. To transfer and withdraw money, he dumped the details of the bank cards of acquaintances, whom he used in the dark," the USC explained.
Those wishing to buy fashionable sneakers, jeans, T-shirts, and other wardrobe items made an advance payment. In response, after a while, the seller pointed out false unforeseen circumstances that required additional transfers. He referred to the increase in the exchange rate, prices, car breakdown, etc.
The younger defendant also decided to benefit from his friend's scheme. He repeatedly asked him to pay for using the page on social networks, threatened to block him. Having received an insignificant amount, he changed the password.
According to the USC, in nine months, 37 residents of various regions of Belarus got into the trader's network. Most of the victims are students of schools and colleges. On
the basis of the evidence collected in the case by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Gomel region, the senior defendant was charged under Part 1 of Article 209 (seizure of property by deception), the junior - under Part 6 of Article 16, Part 1 of Article 209 (aiding and abetting in the seizure of property by deception) of the Criminal Code.
A preventive measure in the form of detention was applied to the first. The minor accused was taken into custody in another criminal case that was in the proceedings of the Zhlobin ROSK. In the spring of this year, the young man, under the guise of luring two subscribers of the thematic group out of advance payment for sneakers and hoodies. In the summer, together with another friend, being intoxicated, he stole a relative's car. The sentence handed down on these episodes has not yet entered into force.
