Deceived 45 people for у 181 thousand – two Grodno residents sold non-existent tours

The Grodno Prosecutor’s Office sent a criminal case to the court against the 37-year-old and 38-year-old residents of the regional center, who were charged with fraud committed on an especially large scale. This is reported on the website of the Prosecutor General’s office, writes sb.by.

According to the materials of the case, the defendants from June last year to February this year, acting as a group of persons by preliminary conspiracy, under the pretext of selling tourist vouchers during correspondence in Instagram, Telegram and Viber, convinced citizens about the need for advance payment for booking a tour. After receiving the advance payment, the residents of Grodno took possession of the victims’ funds and transferred them to controlled bank accounts belonging to citizens unaware of criminal activity. The stolen funds were partially cashed in Grodno ATMs.

By their actions, the defendants by deception seized the money of citizens for a total amount of more than 181 thousand.

The victims in the case recognized 45 people – residents of all regions of Belarus. The age of the victims ranges from 22 to 62 years.

The money received from the victims, the accused spent on personal needs.

Guilt in the incriminated crime, the attackers admitted completely, repented of what they had done, voluntarily compensated for the damage, and also paid the income received by criminal means.

Based on the results of the examination of the materials of the criminal case, the Grodno Prosecutor’s Office concluded that the charges were justified and that a full and objective investigation of the circumstances of the crimes was conducted. We agreed with the qualification of the offense under Part 3 and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

A measure of procedural coercion in the form of a temporary restriction of the right to leave Belarus was applied to the accused, previously applied to the measure of restraint in the form of a personal guarantee, the prosecutor left unchanged.

Minchanin became a victim of fraudsters and for a year invested in a non-existent exchange 27 thousand rubles