Criminal case of fraud considered by the court in the Tver region

The criminal case against a citizen accused of committing a crime under part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was considered by the Konakovo City Court, the press service of the judicial body reported.

The citizen responded to the offer of unidentified persons “to earn as a courier”, and within the framework of his assigned role, he arrived in Konakovo, where he received money from the victim, and then transferred the money to an unidentified accomplice, receiving remuneration.

The press service of the court indicated that a typical scheme of telephone fraud was used in the actions of the accomplices, and the citizen’s guilt was confirmed by the testimony of the victim, the results of identification, bank statements and data on his movements from the communications operator. The citizen’s argument that he was assured of the “legality of earnings”, the court rejected and qualified the act as fraud on a large scale.

Given the circumstances of the case, the court appointed the citizen two years of imprisonment, and in conjunction with the unserved sentence under another sentence, the citizen was finally assigned four years and nine months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

The civil claim of the victim was also fully satisfied: money was recovered from the citizen in compensation for damages and procedural costs.

The sentence has entered into force.