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It was established that a 28-year-old Lviv resident, using fake accounts, lured more than 36 thousand hryvnias from a Ukrainian woman who was abroad. The damage to the victim has been compensated, for what the suspect has done faces punishment - imprisonment for up to eight years.
The attacker was exposed by investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No 1 together with operatives of the Department for Combating Cybercrime in the Lviv region, under the procedural guidance of the Galician District Prosecutor's Office.
The suspect created fake links in one of the messengers and joined the group "Ukrainian women in Dubai", where he posted an ad for currency exchange. In particular, the announcement contained an offer to exchange dirhams for Ukrainian hryvnia on favorable terms.
A member of the group, a Ukrainian woman who was in the city of Dubai, responded to this announcement, who agreed to exchange hryvnias for dirhams. The attacker created a fake receipt for the recalculation of dirhams and sent it to the victim, from whose account, in turn, 36600 hryvnias were debited. But the woman did not receive dirhams.
The attacker was notified of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, completed. The indictment was sent to the court. The sanction of the article provides for punishment - imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
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The attacker was exposed by investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No 1 together with operatives of the Department for Combating Cybercrime in the Lviv region, under the procedural guidance of the Galician District Prosecutor's Office.
The suspect created fake links in one of the messengers and joined the group "Ukrainian women in Dubai", where he posted an ad for currency exchange. In particular, the announcement contained an offer to exchange dirhams for Ukrainian hryvnia on favorable terms.
A member of the group, a Ukrainian woman who was in the city of Dubai, responded to this announcement, who agreed to exchange hryvnias for dirhams. The attacker created a fake receipt for the recalculation of dirhams and sent it to the victim, from whose account, in turn, 36600 hryvnias were debited. But the woman did not receive dirhams.
The attacker was notified of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, completed. The indictment was sent to the court. The sanction of the article provides for punishment - imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
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