Played a taxi driver: a Minsk man stole money from the account of a drunk passenger

A criminal case against a 19-year-old previously convicted citizen who is accused of embezzling property by modifying computer information has been sent to the court, the Frunze district prosecutor’s office told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency.

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In January 2026, the accused committed a crime under Part 3 of Art. 211 of the Criminal Code (“appropriation or embezzlement”), for which he was convicted in August. Nine days before the verdict was pronounced, the young man met with a friend. At night, the guys decided to "sweat." For this purpose, the defendant took the car of his girlfriend.

Friends picked up passengers in the central part of the city and took them to the right addresses. In one of these trips, a friend of the accused found another customer who was intoxicated and could not call a taxi through a mobile application. The man had to be taken to the street. Marshal Losik. They agreed that the trip would cost 15 BYN.

Upon arriving at the destination, it turned out that the passenger had no cash. To transfer money from card to card, he went to the Internet banking application, and then handed his phone to the driver, who had to enter the details of his card.

The attacker saw a large amount on the passenger’s account and decided not to limit himself to 15 BYN, but transferred 428 BYN. After that, he returned the gadget and left.

In the morning, the victim discovered that money had been stolen from his account and filed a complaint with the police. The identity of the suspect was quickly established, another criminal case was opened against him.

- The accused has a secondary education, he is single, employed in a private company, has previously been brought to criminal responsibility for committing a property crime - the conviction has not been removed and not extinguished in the manner prescribed by law, Igor Zhibul, deputy prosecutor of the Frunze district, commented. He was charged with embezzlement of property by modifying computer information committed repeatedly, that is, in a crime under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code. The citizen fully admitted the guilt, the damage to the victim voluntarily compensated.

A preventive measure was applied against the accused in the form of a subscription not to leave and proper conduct.