Prosecutors of the Vinnytsia District Prosecutor's Office have sent an indictment to the court regarding a resident of Vinnytsia, a native of the Russian Federation, who committed fraud on a particularly large scale and legalized illegally obtained property (part 5 of Article 190, part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The investigation established that the accused, who has several convictions for property crimes, along with accomplices, deceived a resident of Lviv Oblast, who received a state payment for the death of her son, a serviceman.

They posed as employees of the security service of one of the banks and obtained data to access the victim's payment application.

The accused made a number of payments from the victim's card. In particular, he purchased 18 mobile phones for almost 970 thousand UAH. He managed to sell four gadgets.

The suspect is currently in custody.

Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Vinnytsia Regional Prosecutor's Office, the pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was conducted by investigators of the Vinnytsia District Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Vinnytsia Oblast with operational support from the Department of Criminal Police in Vinnytsia Oblast of the National Police of Ukraine.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.