In Kerch, a fraudster said he wanted to rent a house and robbed the landlord

Investigators established that in October last year the suspect, a 23-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, contacted the landlord by telephone on a popular website for advertisements for apartments for rent in the city of Kerch. Under the pretext of officially confirming the transfer for supposedly 100 percent payment for housing, he convinced the victim to carry out a banking transaction at one of the city’s ATMs under his dictation. As a result, a transfer in the amount of more than 40 thousand rubles was made from the woman’s account. The fraudster spent the money obtained by criminal means for his own needs.— the details of the case were announced in the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea.

During the operational search activities, the police identified and detained the attacker, who fully admitted his guilt and repented of his crime.

Currently, the young man has been charged under Part 2 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”.

The sanction of the article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to five years.

The damage caused to the victim has been compensated; a preventive measure in the form of a recognizance not to leave the place has been chosen against the defendant.

source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea