The Prosecutor's Office of Lepel District supported the state prosecution in a criminal case charging a minor with property misappropriation by deception (fraud) committed by an organized group.

The Prosecutor's Office of Lepel District supported the state prosecution in court in a criminal case accusing a minor, a native and resident of Minsk, of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code.

Thus, the minor, pursuing a single intent to seize the victim's property by deception, acting as part of an organised group with a person who had not reached the age of criminal liability and other persons not identified during the investigation, in which the roles and actions of each were distributed in such a way that unidentified persons, being in an unidentified location, by means of telephone communication, held a conversation with the victim S., and informed the latter of fictitious information about her daughter causing bodily harm to a fictitious third party in a road traffic accident, indicated the need to transfer funds to resolve the issue of not bringing the daughter to criminal responsibility and to pay for the treatment of the injured person, after receiving information from the victim about the availability of funds, indicated the need to transfer funds to a person who would soon arrive at S.'s place of residence, and the minor accused, acting in fulfillment of his criminal role, in agreement with the person who had not reached the age of criminal liability, and other participants of the organised criminal group, including "curators", using his mobile device, maintaining communication with the latter via the "Telegram" messenger, together with the person who had not reached the age of criminal liability, received instructions from accomplices to arrive in Lepel, where by deception, under the pretext mentioned above, the person who had not reached the age of criminal liability received cash from the victim in the amount of 2,800 US dollars, 110 euros, as well as items: a bag of 2 towels, of no material value to the victim, which were disposed of according to the instructions of the "curators".

As a result of the above-mentioned criminal actions, the minor accused, acting as part of an organised group with a person who had not reached the age of criminal liability, and other unidentified persons, by deception, seized property belonging to S.

with cash and property to the total amount of 8,624 roubles 87 kopecks, thereby causing property damage in the aforementioned sum, which amounts to 233.10 base units.

The minor, accused in court, fully pleaded guilty to the commission of the crime imputed to him. He repented of his actions.

The court recognised the following as mitigating circumstances: sincere repentance for the committed crime, as well as voluntary compensation for the damage.

No circumstances aggravating the minor's responsibility in this case were established.

Taking into account the nature and social danger of the committed crime, the purposes and motives of the act, the circumstances mitigating the accused's responsibility, the absence of aggravating circumstances in the case, and the position of the state prosecutor, the court imposed on the minor, pursuant to Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code, a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 3 (three) years and 3 (three) months, with a fine of 20 base units, amounting to 740 roubles.

In accordance with Part 2 of Article 77 of the Criminal Code, a deferral of the execution of the main sentence of imprisonment for a term of 2 (two) years was applied.

The mobile phone, being the instrument of the crime, was confiscated for the benefit of the state pursuant to Article 46-1 of the Criminal Code.

The court's sentence has not yet entered into legal force and may be appealed (protested).

Senior Assistant Prosecutor

of Lepel District

K.V. Grishkevich