A man has been detained in the capital for stealing over 52 thousand hryvnias from a pensioner’s bank card by using a found mobile phone.
This is reported by Kyiv24
In Kyiv, a case has been sent to court regarding a 38-year-old local resident suspected of stealing a significant amount of money from a 68-year-old pensioner. According to the investigation, at the beginning of 2025, the victim contacted the police after losing his mobile phone and later noticed a significant sum missing from his bank card.
Details of the crime: how the perpetrator acted
During operational measures, law enforcement established that the perpetrator found the mobile phone near a grocery store. By using the lost device, he managed to guess the passwords to the applications that allowed him to conduct financial transactions. The perpetrator transferred money from the pensioner’s account several times, ultimately stealing over 52 thousand hryvnias, which he immediately spent on personal needs.
“As it turned out, the perpetrator found a mobile phone on the street near the grocery store, guessed the passwords, and after several attempts transferred over 52,000 hryvnias from the pensioner’s account, which he immediately spent on his own needs,” the prosecutor’s office reported.
Sanctions and further proceedings
During a search, law enforcement officers seized the phone that belonged to the victim from the suspect. The man has been charged under part 4 of Article 185 (theft) and parts 1 and 2 of Article 200 (forgery of documents for transfer and their use) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. If found guilty in court, he faces imprisonment for up to eight years.