In the Polish city of Swidnik, a 19-year-old Ukrainian citizen has become a suspect in a large-scale fraud, reports “Prozoro”.
The woman involved in the scheme posed as an investment adviser. As a result, an elderly man lost a significant amount of money – 1 million zlotys (approximately 236,000 euros), according to the Svidnik police.
Fraud the victim was a 76-year-old Polish man who was convinced to invest in supposedly profitable online platforms. In reality, these “investments” turned out to be fictitious, and the money was part of a fraudulent scheme.
The Ukrainian woman did not act independently, but was part of an organized group. Her task was to collect cash from the victim at pre-arranged locations.
She made the first money transfer, receiving more than 300,000 zlotys. A few days later, a second meeting took place, during which the pensioner had to hand over another 700,000 zlotys.
Upon receiving the second part of the funds, law enforcement officials arrested the suspect.
The court sentenced the detainee to three months of pre-trial detention. She faces up to 10 years in prison for this offense.
Meanwhile, the internet claims that the arrested woman is not a Ukrainian citizen, but a Polish citizen from a group of Polish Internet fraudsters, and that the above incident is far from the only one in the group’s activities.
