In the Astrakhan region, a bank employee stole 125 thousand rubles from a pensioner
A criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "Fraud committed by a person using his official position, on a large scale.".
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Astrakhan region, law enforcement officers stopped the illegal activities of a bank employee. A woman born in 1981 used her official position and transferred 125 thousand rubles from the current account of an 83-year-old man to a bank account that she controlled. Then she withdrew the money and spent it at her own discretion.
The investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Limansky district opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "Fraud with the use of official position on a large scale." The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for up to 6 years.
At the moment, investigators are conducting a set of measures to identify other possible episodes of the suspect’s illegal activities. The criminal investigation is ongoing.
Read about the events in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions in the paper number "MK in Volgograd".
