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While in the open colony of the Pravieniškės Correctional Facility, he was able to illegally dispose of his mobile phone and Internet access. By these means, the residents of Šiauliai committed new criminal acts: fraud. 17 people from Šiauliai, Kaunas, Vilnius, Klaipėda and Panevėžys counties were affected. The value of the embezzled assets amounts to 4,755 euros.
Šiauliai’s criminal activity lasted from August 2018 to January this year. The man was searching for advertisements for mobile phones for sale on the website www.skelbiu.lt or on the social network Facebook, contacting his sellers and agreeing on the purchase, Šiauliai writes in a press release.
Arguing that he needed the phone right away, for his son’s birthday present or for some other reason, he asked to send the phone to Šiauliai as soon as possible through the parcel service. He scheduled meetings in Šiauliai for Šiauliai vendors. Three younger children he knew living in Šiauliai attended these meetings or the Šiauliai bus station to take turns.
After agreeing to purchase the phone, a Pravieniškės Correctional Center resident sent a copy of the payment order to the seller from their Facebook profiles under different names as proof that the money had already been transferred, and he was able to send the item to the sale. After receiving the visual proof, the seller stood out on the phone without any concern. However, when the money in the seller’s account still did not fall and the buyer became inaccessible, a suspicion of fraud arose. And the suspicion was confirmed, because it turned out that the copies of the money order were forged.
When the phones fell into the hands of Šiauliai’s accomplices, who organized the fraud, they were taken to a pawn shop or simply sold to someone who wanted to buy the phone, and the money was distributed: part went to the so-called “legs” . or the accounts of other persons specified by him who are also serving the sentence at the Pravieniškės Correctional Center.
Since the victims live in various parts of Lithuania, the Šiauliai District Prosecutor’s Office decided to merge all pre-trial investigations into one and commissioned investigators from the Šiauliai City Police Station and District to carry it out. The pre-trial investigation into fraud, which started in August last year, has now ended and the criminal case has been referred to court. A new punishment awaits the fraud organizer, who has not yet managed to commit previous crimes. His accomplices will also be judged.
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