Near Volgograd detained a suspect in the theft of funds from a bank card

The duty unit of the Police Department No. 1 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Volzhsky received an application from a 60-year-old local resident. The man said that funds worth 88 000 rubles were stolen from his bank account.

Criminal investigation officers conducted operational-search measures, as a result, the identity of the suspect was established. According to the GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the region, it was a neighbor of the applicant, who visited him from time to time. During one of these visits, the man was able to find out the PIN code of the owner's card. The victim for a while left the card unattended, which the attacker used to steal it. In the future, the funds were cashed to them through an ATM and spent at their own discretion.

A criminal case has been opened on this fact. It is qualified under Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Theft". The maximum penalty imposed by this article is imprisonment for up to six years.

At the moment, a preventive measure has been applied against the detainee. She was elected in accordance with Art. 91 of the CCP.