In Odesa, authorities uncovered a woman from Dnipro who impersonated a travel agent and embezzled nearly 1.5 million UAH.

A 46-year-old woman offered citizens seeking to vacation abroad intermediary services for booking hotels in Turkey, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as purchasing airline tickets and providing travel consultations through social media. In return, she would take their money and disappear.

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She faces imprisonment for her actions. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odesa region.

The police found that the offender assured those interested in purchasing foreign tours of her ability to organize a quality vacation for them. She received payment for her services, but had no intention of fulfilling her obligations.

In a rented office, fake contracts were signed between her and the prospective tourists, after which the citizens transferred money to the bank accounts specified by the fraudster or paid in cash. The terms of the contract were not fulfilled by the offender, and she did not transfer the clients' funds to the travel operators, instead using the money at her discretion.

Currently, the woman has been informed of her suspicion of unlawfully acquiring someone else's property through deception, specifically fraud committed repeatedly and in large amounts. This crime is classified under parts 1, 2, and 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.