The court in Sevastopol recovered from the 26-year-old dropper money cheated pensioner

The Prosecutor’s office of the Nakhimovsky district of Sevastopol has achieved recovery from 26-year-old resident of the Irkutsk region more than 150 thousand rubles in favor of 78-year-old defrauded pensioner. The woman transferred this money to fraudsters, believing in the promise of additional earnings, the press service of the prosecutor's office of Sevastopol reported.

The prosecutor's office checked the appeal of a 78-year-old local resident. It turned out that from November 2024 to January 2025, unknown people called her via the Internet messenger. Under the pretext of receiving additional earnings, they persuaded the woman to transfer savings to the specified bank account.

The pensioner complied with the demands, but later realized that she was a victim of fraud and went to the police. In fact, a criminal case was opened. During the investigation, the recipient of the money was identified as a 26-year-old resident of the Irkutsk region.

To protect the rights of the victim, the district prosecutor sent a lawsuit to the Nakhimovsky District Court to recover unjust enrichment from the dropper and interest for using other people's money. The total amount of claims exceeded 150 thousand rubles. The court granted the claim. The execution of the decision is under the control of the prosecutor's office.

Recall that the Prosecutor’s office of Crimea and Sevastopol regularly seeks the return of funds stolen from pensioners through droppers. In May 2026, the prosecutor’s office of the Simferopol district recovered from four droppers more than 900 thousand rubles, which in 2023 fraudsters lured from an elderly woman. The court satisfied the claims in full.

In August 2026, the prosecutor’s office of Simferopol through the court recovered 160 thousand rubles from the owner of a bank account from Tatarstan – the pensioner transferred this money to fraudsters on their instructions. The lawsuit was also granted, and the funds were transferred to the victim. Both cases show that the practice of foreclosure of droppers in the region works and is being applied to protect defrauded elderly people.