The police arrested the offender when one of the victims, realizing that she had been deceived, immediately sounded the alarm.

A man was detained in Odessa who defrauded six citizens in a few hours.

“Policemen exposed a 36-year-old citizen who deceived six citizens. The Odesa citizen worked so “fruitfully” in local stores during the holiday shopping period, in just a few hours, six visitors’ smartphones ended up in his pocket,” says the message of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Odesa . region

The law enforcement officers established that the offender asked women and men for mobile phones in order to allegedly urgently contact the family, saying that his gadget had run out of power. As soon as someone else’s smartphone was in the hands of the intruder, he, hiding among the windows, quietly left the store.

The police arrested the offender when one of the victims, realizing that she had been deceived, immediately sounded the alarm.

“The man was just on his way to the next store in search of the next profit. He admitted that he planned to sell the gadgets,” the office said.

As physical evidence, the law enforcement officers seized all the property of the victims from the suspect. He was informed of the suspicion of taking possession of someone else’s property by means of deception (fraud), committed repeatedly (Part 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

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