Suspect in theft of over 100 thousand rubles from a bank account detained in Sevastopol

It was established that the suspect found a mobile phone lost by a 44-year-old Sevastopol resident on the street, on which the access password was not set. Taking advantage of the fact that he could freely view the contents of the smartphone, the attacker opened a banking application and transferred more than 105 thousand rubles to the bank account of his cohabitant’s relative, who was not aware of the criminal origin of the money received. The suspect told his passion that he had thus been repaid a debt, and asked to cash the money, which he later spent on food and other personal needs. The man later threw away the found mobile phone— the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol reported.

As a result of operational and investigative activities, the man was detained by the criminal investigation department of the OMVD of Russia for the Leninsky District. The Investigative Department initiated a criminal case against the detainee under paragraph «g» of Part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «Theft». The penalty for this article provides for up to six years of imprisonment. The defendant was detained in accordance with Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

source: press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol