Under the procedural guidance of the Pechersk District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Kyiv, it was reported about the suspicion of a bank employee who transferred money from the accounts of deceased clients to her own. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
The woman worked as a premium banking expert in one of the capital’s commercial banks. The investigation established that during 2020-2021, she accessed customer accounts and changed the phone numbers linked to the accounts to those that she personally controlled. In the future, she transferred funds from the accounts of deceased clients to her own.
Six episodes with a total amount of about 500 thousand hryvnias were documented. At the same time, the woman withdrew funds in installments of 10,000-20,000 hryvnias in order to avoid suspicion and hide illegal transactions. During the last five years, the suspect worked in five different banks. Her possible involvement in similar fraudulent schemes with the accounts of other clients is currently being investigated.
The woman was charged with three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — part 3 of Art. 190 (fraud), Part 1 of Art. 200 (illegal actions with payment documents) and Part 1 of Art. 362 (unauthorized interference with computer systems). Sanctions of these articles provide up to five years of imprisonment.
The pre-trial investigation is carried out by investigators of the Pechersk police department under the operational support of the cyber police of the Kyiv region.
