I bought iPhones and spent money on entertainment. In Polotsk, the grandson stole from his grandfather 208 thousand.

The Polotsk interdistrict department of the Investigative Committee establishes the circumstances of embezzlement on an especially large scale. This was reported in the UK, writes sb.by.

According to the investigation, a 20-year-old resident of Polotsk, while visiting his grandfather, accidentally saw where he kept his savings. A few days later, he secretly took the first thousand dollars. When the money ran out, the defendant returned for a larger sum. To freely get into the house, the young man made duplicate keys and, waiting for the absence of a relative, stole 40 thousand euros.

With the stolen money, the suspect rented a room in Vitebsk, made repairs there, updated furniture and computer equipment. In addition, he spent money on entertainment, buying clothes, food, alcohol. When the money ran out, the young man returned to his relatives.

After that, he moved to Minsk, where he lived in different apartments, spent the stolen money on himself and made expensive gifts to his acquaintances: he gave four girls an iPhone 17, and the mother of one of them bought a refrigerator, a hair dryer and a washing machine.

When the 67-year-old victim, who had been saving money for the purchase of housing for his children, noticed the disappearance, he appealed to law enforcement agencies. The suspect was quickly identified. He did not deny his guilt, but by the time of his arrest, he had spent almost everything he had stolen.

In total, from January to September of this year, the defendant stole 30 thousand dollars and 40 thousand euros.

The young man does not work anywhere, has not previously been prosecuted. The Polotsk Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 205 (theft committed on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code. Investigative and procedural actions are carried out with the detainee.

The criminal investigation is ongoing.

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