Police reluctant to investigate swindle against pensioner
The Homel human rights defender Leanid
Sudalenka rendered legal aid to a lonely pensioner who became a
victim of bank swindlers. He helped the man in composing an
application to the police and to the bank.
As stated by the
human rights defender, the criminals took a bank loan of more than 9
million rubles and immediately bought some goods in a shop At present
the pensioner owes to the bank more than 12 million rubles and the
surcharge keeps growing.
Walking out on the street in the
daytime, Uladzimir Andreyevich could hardly expect that he would
become a victim of swindle. A family driving a "Zhiguli"
car stopped near him. A woman who was holding a child on her hands,
said that they weren't local citizens and couldn't buy goods without
having the local registration. The pensioner believed in this story,
after which they drove him home so that he could take his passport,
and then – to the shop.
"Loans are very accessible
nowadays. However, what is worth noting her is that the girl which
kept a duty in the shop on behalf of the bank that day, was to have
explained to the elderly man the consequences of his actions and
issued a copy of the loan agreement to him. However, she didn't do
anything. As a result, the swindlers became owners of a computer and
home appliances, whereas the pensioner went out of the shop with the
obligation to pay 578,850 rubles a month," explained Leanid
Sudalenka.
The creditor first disturbed the man several months
after. Only after receiving a call from the bank Uladzimir Korabau
understood what had happened. However, officers of the Chyhunachny
District Police Department of Homel, where he went for assistance,
persuaded him not to file an application about the swindle as there
was not chance of finding them.
