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The Dniprovsky District Court of Kyiv found Polish citizen Marcin Wojtas guilty of fraud, forgery of payment cards and illegal interference in the operation of electronic computers.
This is reported by the "Court Reporter" with reference to the verdict of August 28.
In the fall of 2020, a foreigner installed skimming devices on ATMs in different districts of the capital to read banking information of customer cards and video recording of chili combinations (passwords) with a mini camera.
To avoid exposure, the man withdrew the information recorded on the ATM within 24 hours. Based on the information received, he forged cards and then withdrew money from ATMs, posing as real clients of Privatbank.
In the last two months before the arrest, Wojtas, according to the prosecution, managed to embezzle more than 1 million hryvnias. In four cases, the funds were not withdrawn, since the banking system of PrivatBank detected compromise of cards and blocked them, saving customers 300 thousand hryvnias.
On November 28, 2020, at 6 am, the attacker approached the PrivatBank ATM on Andriy Malyshko Street and installed a reader and a miniature video camera.
The next day, at about 11:50 a.m., Wojtas came to the ATM and, with the help of a homemade plate and tweezers, tried to remove the equipment. But he was detained red-handed by police officers.
As it turned out, the day before, the police were informed about the installation of a reader on the ATM by the Good Day pharmacy, located at a distance of two meters.
On the morning of November 29, the police watched the ATM for an hour and a half from a distance of about 10 meters in order to detain the criminal. Police officers had photos of the suspect from previous ATMs. When the man was detained and forced to show his bag, there were tools and devices that relate to skimming, namely: tongs, metal cards, bank cards without numbers.
As written in the verdict, Voitas acted together with persons whose materials were separated into separate criminal proceedings and persons not identified by the pre-trial investigation.
In court, at the beginning of the case, he pleaded guilty in part, but during the interrogation he exercised the right not to testify, and in the court debate he said that he did not admit his guilt completely. At the same time, his assistance to the court in the consideration of the case by providing an interpreter to court sessions is taken into account.
The court drew attention to the young age and satisfactory state of health of the man. The accused is not married, a foreigner, does not officially work, and has not been previously convicted on the territory of Ukraine.
Characterizing materials regarding the accused were taken into account, namely, that he had been repeatedly prosecuted in other countries.
In February 2020, the Estonian police opened a criminal case against Wojtas and put him on the wanted list for fraud and forgery of documents.
In the past, he has also been accused of robbery, fraud and bribery.
In 2013, Wojtas was arrested in Basel, on the border with France, because he had a fake Bulgarian IDHe was already trying to enter Switzerland illegally. Wojtas was extradited to Germany on the basis of a detention order issued by the Dresden court. In 2013, he was also the subject of an investigation in Austria.
In 2014, a local court in Dresden sentenced Wojtas to 4 years and 9 months in prison for manipulating skimming at an ATM. In 2016, after serving part of his sentence, he was expelled from Germany.
Taking into account all the circumstances, the Ukrainian court sentenced Wojtas to 5 years in prison. Until the sentence comes into force, he is not in custody and can appeal the court decision. In 2020, after being detained, he spent a month and a half in a pre-trial detention center and was released on bail of 315 thousand hryvnias.
PrivatBank is a victim in the case. But the court did not accept his civil claim due to shortcomings in the execution, which the bank never corrected. According to the law, the victim has the right to file a civil claim in civil proceedings.
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This is reported by the "Court Reporter" with reference to the verdict of August 28.
In the fall of 2020, a foreigner installed skimming devices on ATMs in different districts of the capital to read banking information of customer cards and video recording of chili combinations (passwords) with a mini camera.
To avoid exposure, the man withdrew the information recorded on the ATM within 24 hours. Based on the information received, he forged cards and then withdrew money from ATMs, posing as real clients of Privatbank.
In the last two months before the arrest, Wojtas, according to the prosecution, managed to embezzle more than 1 million hryvnias. In four cases, the funds were not withdrawn, since the banking system of PrivatBank detected compromise of cards and blocked them, saving customers 300 thousand hryvnias.
On November 28, 2020, at 6 am, the attacker approached the PrivatBank ATM on Andriy Malyshko Street and installed a reader and a miniature video camera.
The next day, at about 11:50 a.m., Wojtas came to the ATM and, with the help of a homemade plate and tweezers, tried to remove the equipment. But he was detained red-handed by police officers.
As it turned out, the day before, the police were informed about the installation of a reader on the ATM by the Good Day pharmacy, located at a distance of two meters.
On the morning of November 29, the police watched the ATM for an hour and a half from a distance of about 10 meters in order to detain the criminal. Police officers had photos of the suspect from previous ATMs. When the man was detained and forced to show his bag, there were tools and devices that relate to skimming, namely: tongs, metal cards, bank cards without numbers.
As written in the verdict, Voitas acted together with persons whose materials were separated into separate criminal proceedings and persons not identified by the pre-trial investigation.
In court, at the beginning of the case, he pleaded guilty in part, but during the interrogation he exercised the right not to testify, and in the court debate he said that he did not admit his guilt completely. At the same time, his assistance to the court in the consideration of the case by providing an interpreter to court sessions is taken into account.
The court drew attention to the young age and satisfactory state of health of the man. The accused is not married, a foreigner, does not officially work, and has not been previously convicted on the territory of Ukraine.
Characterizing materials regarding the accused were taken into account, namely, that he had been repeatedly prosecuted in other countries.
In February 2020, the Estonian police opened a criminal case against Wojtas and put him on the wanted list for fraud and forgery of documents.
In the past, he has also been accused of robbery, fraud and bribery.
In 2013, Wojtas was arrested in Basel, on the border with France, because he had a fake Bulgarian IDHe was already trying to enter Switzerland illegally. Wojtas was extradited to Germany on the basis of a detention order issued by the Dresden court. In 2013, he was also the subject of an investigation in Austria.
In 2014, a local court in Dresden sentenced Wojtas to 4 years and 9 months in prison for manipulating skimming at an ATM. In 2016, after serving part of his sentence, he was expelled from Germany.
Taking into account all the circumstances, the Ukrainian court sentenced Wojtas to 5 years in prison. Until the sentence comes into force, he is not in custody and can appeal the court decision. In 2020, after being detained, he spent a month and a half in a pre-trial detention center and was released on bail of 315 thousand hryvnias.
PrivatBank is a victim in the case. But the court did not accept his civil claim due to shortcomings in the execution, which the bank never corrected. According to the law, the victim has the right to file a civil claim in civil proceedings.
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