Minchanka cheated nine citizens almost 34 thousand BYN

A criminal case was sent to the court against a 25-year-old previously repeatedly convicted citizen, who is accused of fraud committed on a large scale, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency was told in the Partizan district prosecutor's office.

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The investigation found that the accused from June 2025 to March 2026, addressed on the street to unfamiliar young people, presented herself with a false name and asked for help to purchase medicines or products for her children. At the same time, the defendant promised them in the future to return large sums - allegedly in the near future she should receive an impressive transfer from relatives from Georgia.

Serious citizens did not refuse the mother of many children, and she used this and continued to ask them for money under various pretexts to pay utility bills, rent an apartment and so on, which they transferred to the bank cards of her mother and neighbors.

For example, an 18-year-old girl at the request of a fraudster bought her 10 tokens and the same number of tickets for travel on public transport, believing that the woman’s bank card was blocked. Then the swindler asked for money in debt to buy the children food. The stranger did not refuse, cashed 250 BYN and gave it to her. They also exchanged phone numbers so that the defendant could contact the benefactor and repay the debt when her credit card is unlocked. In fact, she was not going to give anything back, but continued to enjoy the trust of the girl, who gave her a total of 1,029.59 BYN.

Another victim, who is an orphan, under various pretexts, transferred 3,190 BYN to the fraudster in several stages.

Without waiting for the refund and realizing that they were simply deceived, the young people began to apply to the police. There are more than 60 episodes in this criminal case. In total, the fraudster deceived nine citizens for a total of 33,982.92 BYN.

- The accused has a basic education, is a mother of five young children, was previously prosecuted three times for similar crimes, is currently serving a sentence in a correctional colony under a previous sentence, said Timur Stuzhuk, Deputy Prosecutor of the Partizansky District. She was charged with the seizure of property by deception (fraud), committed on a large scale, that is, in a crime under Part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code, the sanction of which is up to seven years in prison with or without a fine.