“A woman in Ivano-Frankivsk was suspected of defrauding people of over half a million dollars for a “business idea”. A 60-year-old woman from Ivano-Frankivsk defrauded about ten people in the amount of more than 420 thousand dollars and 160 thousand euro. She asked for money for fictitious business projects, promising to return them with a reward.”, — write on: unn.ua
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“A 60-year-old local resident was notified of suspicion of fraud committed on a particularly large scale (part 3.4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),” the message reads.
In particular, it is reported that the woman was engaged in currency exchange and had a trusting relationship with her clients. So for more than a year, she asked them for funds to implement her “business ideas”, for example, to open a gas station. The detainee also asked for funds to purchase expensive property and other fictitious needs. In addition, she promised to return the funds with an additional reward.
In the period from January 2017 to March 2018, as indicated, she defrauded almost a dozen victims for more than 161 thousand. EUR and 421 thousand USD
According to the results of the searches, debt receipts, “black” bookkeeping and other evidence of illegal activity were found in the detainee’s possession.
So far, the court has chosen a preventive measure for the suspect in the form of bail – 2 million hryvnias.
We will remind
In the Chernihiv region, two men were arrested who poisoned lonely pensioners and the disabled in order to take over their homes. Criminals added poison to alcohol after processing real estate documents.