A 25-year-old man in Kryvyi Rih is set to stand trial for stealing compensation intended for the family of a deceased soldier.

In Kryvyi Rih, a case has been opened regarding the theft of funds from a bank card belonging to the father of a deceased serviceman. The suspect is a 25-year-old local resident who was acquainted with the victim. This was reported by "Vydomo," citing the police of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The father had recently buried his son, who died while fulfilling his military duty. The victim was approved for state assistance intended to support the families of fallen defenders of Ukraine, and the funds were supposed to be deposited into his bank account.

The perpetrator stole the card. The method of theft was quite simple; he did not resort to complex technical means such as SIM card swapping or phishing. Instead, he took advantage of the victim's plain carelessness. After that, the thief gained unauthorized access to online banking and cynically withdrew all the funds.

At the time of his arrest, the perpetrator had managed to spend 10,000 hryvnias from the stolen money.

Police conducted operational-search activities, during which irrefutable evidence of the suspect's guilt was collected.

His actions have been classified under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: part 4 of article 185 (theft committed in large amounts), part 1 of article 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means), and part 1 of article 357 (theft of an official document committed for mercenary motives).

Investigators, under the procedural guidance of the Kryvyi Rih Northern District Prosecutor's Office, informed the man of his suspicion. He faces a significant prison sentence.