The grandson transferred money from his grandmother’s phone to the account of a company trading bitcoins. Incident in Saki district
CrimeaPRESS reports:
An elderly woman contacted the Saki city police and reported that money had been stolen from her bank account. According to her, she was missing 70 thousand rubles.
Criminal investigation officers found that the pensioner’s funds were transferred to pay for bitcoins. As a result of operational search activities, police identified and detained the suspect. He turned out to be the 19-year-old grandson of a friend of the victim. The young man confessed and said that from the phone of his grandmother, who had access to the applicant’s current account, he transferred money to a company trading bitcoins. Afterwards, he called the administrators of this company, refused the purchase and asked to transfer the spent funds to his bank account. Thus, within a year, he withdrew 70 thousand rubles to his bank account and subsequently spent— reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea.
An investigator of the Saksky Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Theft committed from a bank account).
The sanction of the article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
A preventive measure in the form of a recognizance not to leave the place was chosen against the suspect.
source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea
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