A resident of Udmurtia became involved in the case due to a fake prize draw

A resident of Udmurtia came up with a fraudulent scheme with a fake raffle of prizes from jewelry stores and became involved in a criminal case. This was reported to Izvestia in court on May 26.

On social media, the 25-year—old conman created several pages of "jewelry stores" - victims received notifications of "winnings" from these accounts. To receive the prize, the man offered users to provide bank card details and send a confirmation code, after which he gained access to bank profiles and stole money. 44 people were affected by the fraudster's actions.

The Perm Region court found the man guilty of theft and unlawful access to computer information. He had previously been brought to criminal responsibility, and at the time of the commission of the crimes, he still had an unserved sentence — according to the totality of the crimes, the conman was sentenced to three years in prison on probation for 1.5 years, and was also ordered to pay a fine of 200 thousand rubles.

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