Your daughter was involved in an accident: criminals lured 47 thousand hryvnias from an elderly Odesa woman

The police in the Odessa region have apprehended one of the offenders and confiscated nearly half of the ill-gotten money acquired through fraudulent means. The individual has been notified of suspicion of fraud, as reported by the press service of the Odessa Regional Police.

An 87-year-old woman received a call from an unknown caller who identified himself as a law enforcement officer. He informed her that her daughter had been involved in an accident and required urgent, expensive surgery. Shocked by the news, the mother, in an attempt to save her daughter's life, willingly handed over all her savings to the stranger, who soon arrived at her home. It was only the next morning, after her daughter called her, that she realized she had fallen victim to scammers and sought assistance from the police.

Based on the evidence collected by law enforcement, the investigators informed the suspect of the suspicion of misappropriation of someone else's property through deception (fraud), committed in conspiracy with a group of individuals. This offense is stipulated in Part 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and is punishable by a fine ranging from three to four non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens (51,000 to 68,000 hryvnias), corrective labor for a term of one to two years, restriction of liberty for a term of up to five years, or imprisonment for a term of up to three years. The court has ordered house arrest as a preventive measure for the suspect.

During the investigation, law enforcement officers will identify other participants in the crime.