In Kyiv, a 41-year-old fraudster will stand trial: under the pretense of cancer treatment she cheated a serviceman out of nearly UAH 700,000

In Kyiv a 41-year-old local resident will end up on the defendants’ bench; she is accused of having extorted nearly 700 thousand hryvnias from a 31-year-old serviceman under the pretext of cancer treatment; the indictment was sent to the court by the Darnytsia District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv, the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office reported.

According to the investigation, in the summer of 2024 the woman created a fake Telegram profile with photos of a young girl and met a 31-year-old serviceman from the Zhytomyr region.

During their correspondence she convinced the man that their villages were supposedly located nearby and that they had mutual acquaintances, after which the communication moved to phone calls and romantic relations.

Investigators established that the interlocutor complained of health problems: at first she reported having COVID-19, and later claimed to have a late-stage oncological disease and be at risk of death, persistently asking for money for treatment and appealing to pity, allegedly being left without support.

The man believed her and began regularly transferring funds, in particular after the woman reported travelling to Germany for treatment.

Additionally, people who presented themselves as «nurse-caregivers» and the woman’s «sister» joined the communication, continuing to ask for financial assistance while she was allegedly in intensive care and preparing for surgery.

As a result, according to investigators, the victim handed the accused nearly 700 thousand hryvnias.

The suspect was notified in May 2026, after which the indictment was sent to court for substantive consideration.

The woman’s actions are charged under part 4 of article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud on a large scale), the sanction of which provides for imprisonment for a term from 3 to 8 years. The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of the Darnytsia Police Department of Kyiv with operational support from Cyberpolice officers.

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