She asked to check "Privat24" — lost 6,400 UAH: in Mykolaiv a man was sentenced for fraud

Korabelnyi District Court of Mykolaiv issued a verdict in the case on fraud involving access to the online banking service “Privat24”. The defendant, a native of Mykolaiv, was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — fraud committed repeatedly.

The sentence was delivered on 31.03.2026 and became final on 16.05.2026. The criminal proceeding number is 12023153050000044 and the court case number is 488/1128/23.

According to court materials, on 24.03.2023 the defendant and the victim were in an apartment in Mykolaiv. The woman asked him to log into her “Privat24” mobile app on his phone to check whether money had arrived.

After that, the man obtained access to her account in the banking app. The court found that he decided to exploit the victim’s trust and take her funds.

That same day, at approximately 08:17, while near building No. 3/2 on Hlinky Street in Mykolaiv, the defendant transferred UAH 6,400 from the victim’s bank card to his own “PrivatBank” card.

After that, as stated in the verdict, the man left the scene of the crime and disposed of the чужими funds at his own discretion. The victim suffered material loss in the amount of UAH 6,400.

At the court hearing the defendant fully admitted his guilt, confirmed the circumstances set out in the indictment, and expressed remorse. The court also took into account his active assistance in solving the crime as a mitigating circumstance.

At the same time, the court noted that the man had already been convicted. On 05.10.2023 the Leninskyi District Court of Mykolaiv found him guilty under Part 1 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to 2 years of restriction of liberty, but released him from serving the sentence with a probation period of 2 years.

The new proceeding concerned events of 24.03.2023, i.e. the crime was committed before the previous verdict of 05.10.2023. Because of this, the court separately considered whether the punishments needed to be merged.

In the end the Korabelnyi District Court of Mykolaiv concluded that there were no grounds for compounding or absorbing the punishments. The previous verdict of the Leninskyi District Court of Mykolaiv and the new verdict are to be executed separately.

Under this verdict the defendant was found guilty of repeat fraud and was sentenced to 1 year of restriction of liberty.

The term of the sentence will be counted from the moment the sentence is enforced. No preventive measure was applied in this proceeding; there are no court costs.

Exhibit — the Samsung Duas mobile phone, which had been kept by the victim, was returned to its owner by the court. The “PrivatBank” card opened in the defendant’s name was also returned to its owner.

The verdict could be appealed to the Mykolaiv Court of Appeal through the Korabelnyi District Court of Mykolaiv within 30 days from the date of its pronouncement.

Previously we wrote:

• Posing as UNITED24 and UNICEF representatives: police uncovered a large-scale fraud scheme
• Scammers withdrew money? In the Rada they want banks not to shrug their shoulders but to return funds
• A fake letter from the NBU can give scammers access to your computer
• Clicking a link in a social payment ad on social media cost a Mykolaiv resident almost UAH 94,000
• One call — and the money is gone: women in Mykolaiv region were robbed of almost UAH 400,000