Before the police discovered his fraud, a Ukrainian managed to deprive three Polish pensioners of their savings.< /p>
The police of the Polish city of Lublin uncovered the fraud of a 57-year-old Ukrainian who, posing as a prosecutor, took possession of large sums of money from local residents. He told his victims that the money would go to the accounts of the law enforcement agency. The man called her and, posing as a prosecutor, warned that a group of hackers were allegedly trying to steal money from her account. In order to protect herself from a cyber attack, the grandmother had to withdraw all the savings and transfer them to the Ukrainian. So that the pensioner would not suspect anything, the swindler assured her that all the funds would be kept in a secure account of the Polish prosecutor's office, which would immediately return them at the end of the investigation.
The frightened woman went to the bank, withdrew 50 thousand zlotys (about $12 thousand) and gave them to the scammer. The next batch of money in 150,000 zlotys (about $37,000) was supposed to be given out by the bank in a few days. The frightened appearance of the pensioner puzzled the bank employees so much that they reported the incident to the police. After talking with the Polish woman, law enforcement officers found out about the fraud and contacted the swindler.
It turned out that the Ukrainian deceived two more residents of the city in a similar way, receiving 100,000 zlotys (about $25,000) from them. The fraudster was arrested, he faces up to 10 years in prison.