In Transcarpathia, a postwoman lost 170 thousand hryvnias of other people’s pensions in a casino

In the Zakarpattia region, a court found an acting post office manager guilty of losing 170,000 hryvnias in pension payments in an online casino. The court sentenced her to 2 years of probation, a fine, and a ban on holding managerial positions.

This was reported by ” TSN ” with reference to the Tyachiv District Court of the Transcarpathian region.

According to the case materials, a post office employee in the village of Hrushovo transferred funds to her own bank cards through postal terminals and spent them on gambling in an online casino.

During the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt and explained that she was trying to make up for previous losses.

“I used these funds to play in online casinos. I borrowed money, and when it appeared, I returned it to the cashier. Between September 1 and 10, I lost a large sum, approximately 170-180 thousand hryvnias, and I didn’t know what to do. So I decided to take the money out of the bag. I wanted to borrow it from someone the next day and return it, but I couldn’t because the police were called,” the accused said in court.

The court found that on September 10, 2022, an insurance bag with over 666 thousand hryvnias was delivered to the post office to pay pensions to community residents.

When the postmen came to collect funds for the issuance of pensions, the manager reported a shortage of money.

“It was a normal working day. A driver arrived with a collection bag. The employee told us that the bag was missing 170 thousand hryvnias. It was a surprise to me, because this had never happened before,” the witness said in court.

Other employees of the post office confirmed that there had been no problems with money in the cash register before. After the shortage was discovered, the territorial manager and law enforcement officers were called to the scene.

During the investigation, investigators checked the accused’s banking transactions and found that she regularly topped up her own bank card with payments of 4,999 hryvnias. According to the investigation, in this way the woman tried to avoid financial monitoring.

The case materials state that the funds were almost immediately spent on online gambling-related services.

The court took into account that the accused had no previous convictions, pleaded guilty, repented, and voluntarily returned 170,000 hryvnias to Ukrposhta JSC. The court also took into account that the woman has two young children.

The court found her guilty under Part 1 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — abuse of official position.

The court sentenced the woman to:

• 2 years of probation supervision;
• a fine of 6,800 hryvnias;
• a ban on holding positions related to organizational and administrative functions for a period of 2 years.

The convict is also required to periodically report to probation authorities and report any changes in her place of residence or work.

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