A rare lover of “freebies” was detained in Yalta: she found someone else’s bank card and visited 10 stores

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Yalta, a local resident was detained for stealing money from someone else’s bank card.

The police received a statement from a 28-year-old man about the theft of funds from a bank card, which he had lost the day before. The victim did not manage to block it in time; after logging into his personal account through the application, he discovered that more than 6 thousand rubles were missing from his account. Police officers traced the electronic trail of funds being written off and found that the stolen card was used to pay in various stores in the city.— reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.

As a result of operational search activities, law enforcement officers identified and detained the suspect; she turned out to be a 56-year-old local resident. As a result of the investigation, it was established that the woman found a bank card on the street and took advantage of the opportunity for “easy money.” The attacker visited about 10 stores where she made purchases using a contactless payment method until the money on her bank card ran out.

During a search at the place of residence of a local resident, the card lost by the applicant was found and confiscated. A confession was obtained from the suspect.

The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Yalta opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Theft). The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 6 years.

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