The criminal posted "fake" ads for the sale of non-existent furniture on the popular Internet platform "OLX", showing false information and photos.

For example, one of the victims was interested in a fake ad about the sale of a sofa worth 50,000 tenge by a convict, and without verifying its accuracy and not seeing the sofa in person, paid in advance and charged the balance of the culprit's subscriber number to 40,000 tenge. added.

After taking possession of the specified amount, the convict stopped communicating.

As a result of his criminal actions, more than 40 victims were injured, the total amount exceeding 2 million tenge.

The convict fully admitted his guilt and paid the damages to all the victims.

Postponing the sentence due to the presence of a young child, He was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.

The sentence entered into force.

The Prosecutor's Office of the capital calls on citizens to be careful and not to agree to dubious virtual transactions. 

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/prokuratura-astana/press/news/details/968820?lang=kk