Investigators have completed their pre-trial investigation regarding a woman who caused victims losses exceeding 48,000 hryvnias. The indictment has been sent to court. The offender faces imprisonment.

The perpetrator operated at a market in the Peresyp district. Posing as a specialist in gadget and appliance repairs, she offered her services to unsuspecting individuals. Five trusting citizens handed over their phones and tablets for protective glass installation, along with a robot vacuum needing a charger repair. Promising quick returns, the "craftswoman" took their devices and vanished.

In this way, she inflicted losses totaling over 48,000 hryvnias on the citizens.

After waiting in vain for their belongings, the victims contacted the police. Officers from the Police Department No. 2 of the Odesa District Police Department No. 1 took measures and located the perpetrator, a 36-year-old local resident. She managed to sell the vacuum and two phones, but law enforcement established the whereabouts of all devices and returned them to their owners.

Investigators gathered enough evidence and charged the suspect under parts 1 and 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – for unlawfully acquiring someone else's property through deception, committed repeatedly. The indictment has been forwarded to court. The offender faces up to three years in prison.

The investigation was conducted under the procedural guidance of the Suvorov District Prosecutor's Office in Odesa.

Police urge citizens to be more cautious and to use the services of verified specialists and official service centers.

Source: https://od.npu.gov.ua/news/oshukala-piatokh-hromadian-vydaiuchy-sebe-za-maistryniu-z-remontu-tekhniky-v-odesi-sudytymut-mistianku-za-shakhraistvo