A fraudster swindled money from citizens under the pretext of charitable assistance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

According to the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine, a fraudster who swindled money from citizens under the pretext of charitable assistance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sentenced to six years in prison.

Cyber ​​experts of the special service established that a 26-year-old resident of a border settlement registered fake accounts on the «Facebook» network.

According to the materials of the investigation, under the fictitious names and surnames of a non-existent Ukrainian fighter, the attacker posted message and asked to «submit» to the Defense Forces.

The fraudster claimed that he was serving in one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was on the front line and needed support.

In this way, he misled a woman who was abroad.

The victim organized a charity collection and transferred over 1.5 million hryvnias to the fraudster's bank accounts.

The attacker withdrew the funds received from the accounts and used them at his own discretion.

Thanks to the operational actions of the SBU officers, the fraudulent scheme was eliminated, and the fake pages blocked.

The court found the defendant guilty under Part 5 of Article 190 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

The measures to expose the perpetrator were carried out by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine in Chernihiv region together with the National Police under the procedural guidance of the Chernihiv regional prosecutor's office.