< img src = "/uploads/blogs/10/71/ib-frdo8mlbl_d5b8fbbd.jpg" Alt = "Law enforcement officers detained a fraudster who gave themselves a lawyer and cheat people"/> < P > Investigators of the Police Department №1 (Borshchiv) reported a suspicion of a 31-year-old resident of Chortkiv district in re-fraud. The malefactor was already convicted for similar crimes but it did not stop it.

< p >In the course of the pre -trial investigation, law enforcement officers found that in September 2024 the suspect created fictitious announcements on the social network of Facebook about the provision of legal services in the courts of the Netherlands, although she had no appropriate qualification and official status of a lawyer. One of the victims & ndash; The citizen of Ukraine, who temporarily resides in the Netherlands, appealed to the person to receive legal assistance in the case of care over the child. Talking through the messenger, the fraudster assured the woman of her competence and asked to transfer an advance of 10,000 hryvnias. The applicant, believing the words of the pseudonist, made the transfer.

< P > Subsequently, the suspect, abusing confidence, continued to demand funds, explaining it with the need to collect additional documents and conduct a trial in a simplified mode. As a result, the victim and her relatives transferred more than UAH 66,000 to the malefactors. However, she did not provide any services, but received & laquo; earnings & raquo; spent on their own needs.

< P > In addition, police investigators have established another fraud case. The scammer posted an announcement of the manufacture of official documents for traveling abroad. The victim, a resident of Poltava, addressed her for his son's passport. The person convinced the man in the reality of providing such a service and received more than UAH 28,000. However, the applicant has never received.

< P > After receiving the funds in both cases, the suspect stopped going out on the ZB & Rsquo; Land.

< p > police investigators gathered enough evidence to notify the attacker about the suspicion according to Part 2 of Art. 190 (fraud committed by the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides up to three years in prison. Currently, the court is considering the choice of pre -trial detention.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116