From October 2019 to January 2021, in the territories of Khabarovsk, Trans-Baikal Territories, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region, a resident of Blagoveshchensk entered into agreements with nine citizens for legal services in obtaining insurance benefits related to the death of their close relatives in an accident.
The fraudster learned about accidents followed by death from the internet, looked for relatives through social networks, made appointments with them and offered his pseudo-services. In addition, his mother that worked in an organization providing funeral services, mislead by her son’s true intentions, told clients, relatives of those killed in road accidents that they were entitled to insurance benefit, and gave her son’s contacts as a specialist capable of helping in this matter.
The defendant received a remuneration of 30% for his services. He then submitted applications to insurance companies to receive compensation payments. Upon the results of the consideration of applications, insurance companies transferred funds to his bank account. Their size ranged from 335,000 to 500,000 rubles (1.7 million - 2.4 million tenge), a total of over 4 million rubles (19.7 million tenge).
The law breaker has not transferred the received money to the victims, that is, he has stolen it and disposed of it at his own discretion.
During the preliminary investigation and trial, he partially compensated for the damage caused.
With reference to evidence presented by the state prosecutor of the Blagoveshchensk prosecutor's office, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to 6 years of imprisonment to be served in a general penal colony.
The convict was taken into custody in the courtroom, the regional prosecutor's office reported. The claims of the victims for an amount exceeding 3.3 million rubles (16.2 million tenge) were also satisfied.
Source: https://www.asn-news.ru/news/86490
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