Problems with citizen safety provide an opportunity for fraudsters to operate. Feeling impunity and realizing the impossibility of effective law enforcement, criminals are increasingly using new methods to extort money from Ukrainians, Business TV reports.
For example, the business of Lyubov Grinnik, an entrepreneur from the Carpathian region, has been at risk of bankruptcy for two months, for which she blames PrivatBank.
The company's accountant reported receiving a call from the bank's central office in Dnipropetrovsk, informing him that a payment was pending. The accountant stated that there were no outstanding payments, but 15 minutes later, a payment of over 100 hryvnias appeared in the account. The transferred funds turned out to be a loan provided by the bank. According to the private entrepreneur, the money turned out to be a credit line provided by the bank, but Grinnik herself hadn't requested any money or filed any complaints. The funds were quickly transferred to the accounts of a fictitious company in Donetsk, and the savvy dealers managed to withdraw half the amount. The rest was blocked.
"A pre-trial investigation is currently underway under Article 361 of the Criminal Code, 'Unauthorized interference with the operation of computers,' regarding the transfer of funds from Lyubava Private Enterprise to the accounts of Dovbushtrans in the Donetsk region," noted investigator Nikolai Balochny. If the fraudsters are found, they face up to five years in prison. In the meantime, the bank continues to charge interest on a loan Lyubov Grinnik never took out.
The department's management declined to comment.
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