Police expose former bank employee in Cherkasy region for defrauding grandmother of fallen soldier of UAH 1 mln

Cherkasy region police detained a former bank employee who misappropriated over UAH 1 mln in payments intended for the grandmother of a fallen serviceman.

"While serving as the chief economist of a bank branch, the woman misled and subsequently induced a 78-year-old bank client to open another account and transfer funds to it that were accrued in connection with the death of her grandson in the combat zone in the Kharkiv direction," according to a report on the National Police website on Monday.

Subsequently, the suspect secretly gained access to the victim’s newly created account and seized the woman’s funds through systematic cash withdrawals at city ATMs. Police conducted searches at the residences and former workplace of the perpetrator.

Currently, the woman has been notified of suspicion for theft committed on an especially large scale, unauthorized interference in the operation of automated (information) systems, legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means, and misappropriation of an official document (Part 5 of Article 185, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361, Part 1 of Article 209, Part 1 of Article 357 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

"A preventive measure in the form of detention has been chosen for the suspect. She faces imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years with confiscation of property," the National Police said.