Krasnoyarsk man fined for false theft report after selling iPhone
A Krasnoyarsk man ordered an iPhone 16 Pro with 1TB of memory for a girl for 159,000 rubles (about $1,800 at current rates). He received the package, took out the phone—but urgently needed money. The guy took the smartphone to a pawnshop, sold it for 90,000 rubles (about $1,000), wrote a receipt, and attached a copy of his driver«s license. Now he had to somehow explain to the girl where the gift had gone.
The man went to the police department and filed a report: supposedly, he received the package, opened the box, and the phone wasn«t there—he was cheated. Before that, he was given a form with a printed warning about liability for false reporting under Article 306 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The guy signed under the text—and still filed a report about a non-existent crime.
The police checked his story in a couple of days. They found the phone at the pawnshop along with the receipt and a copy of the applicant«s own license. The Sovetsky District Court found the Krasnoyarsk man guilty—he made employees waste time investigating a fabricated theft. He was fined 20,000 rubles (about $220).
The verdict has not yet taken effect.
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