In Kyiv region, a bank branch manager will be tried for the disappearance of over UAH 1.7 million from a client’s account

In Irpen, an employee of a financial institution used her official position to organize an illegal scheme to withdraw large sums of money.

She could be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison, with property confiscated, the Kyiv region police reported.

According to the materials of the pre-trial investigation, the 38-year-old head of the bank branch abused her powers and initiated illegal financial actions.

Having full access to banking systems, she organized the forgery of payment documents to transfer funds without the account owner’s knowledge.

Investigators found that during July and August 2025, the official repeatedly created electronic payment instructions that allegedly appeared to be issued by a client. Based on these forged documents, funds were transferred to the accounts of individual entrepreneurs.

In addition, she prepared a falsified document for cash issuance and illegally received 100,000 hryvnias.

Law enforcement officers recorded five cases of illegal non-cash transfers and one case of unlawful fund withdrawal. The total losses caused to the client amounted to 1,748,000 hryvnias.

The investigation established that the actions were carried out in a preliminary conspiracy with another person. The official misled her accomplice, claiming that the client allegedly signed all financial documents on legal grounds.

At the end of last year, she was officially notified of the suspicion. After completing all investigative actions, under the procedural guidance of the Buchanan District Prosecutor’s Office, the pre-trial investigation was completed.

The indictment against the official was sent to court. She is charged with forgery and the use of documents for transferring funds, as well as embezzlement of another person’s property on a huge scale, which occurred under martial law – according to Part 1 of Article 200 and Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

A 47-year-old woman was also convicted in Zaporizhia, who fraudulently gained access to a serviceman’s mobile banking and stole more than 152 thousand hryvnias.