Give someone a smartphone to “call” — be careful, otherwise you will lose money. Case in Yalta

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Yalta, the police received a statement about the theft of money from a bank account. The 28-year-old victim said that at one of the stops he turned to a group of young people for help. After asking them to call a taxi, the applicant handed over the mobile phone to the stranger and was sure that the helpful guy had helped. After returning the communication device and going home, the man found out about the transfer of 30 thousand rubles from his account through the bank’s mobile application, but this operation was not performed by him.

The conducted operational measures made it possible to get on the trail of the attacker and establish him. The suspect was an 18-year-old resident of Yalta. The young man had no previous convictions, but was repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility. Operatives detained the attacker, who confessed to his deed and wrote a confession— reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

The suspect told the police that while relaxing with friends at one of the stops, a man approached them and asked them to help call a taxi. The attacker took the victim’s phone under the pretext of dialing a good transportation service, and at that moment decided on criminal intent.

While the stranger was talking to the young people, the suspect took the opportunity to walk away from the witnesses and transfer a large amount of money from the applicant’s account to his account using Internet banking. Then he returned the phone to the unsuspecting owner, saying that the transport was on its way. The suspect hurried to spend the stolen money on personal needspolice officers said.

The investigator of the police department No. 2 «Livadiysky» of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Yalta initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (theft from a bank account, as well as in relation to electronic money). The sanction of the article provides for a maximum punishment of up to 6 years in prison.

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