Police in Kyiv detained a 22-year-old courier from an alleged fraud network after he took a pensioner’s savings using a fake security-service story. The victim, an elderly man, was contacted by unknown callers who posed as members of Ukraine’s SBU. They claimed he was suspected of cooperating with the enemy because of medicines he bought from Russia. To supposedly avoid a home search, the scammer convinced the pensioner to hand over his money for “verification” to a trusted person. The victim met the courier near his home and provided a code word before handing over $1,000. Officers arrested the courier during the transaction. Police said the man was supposed to transfer the funds to a cryptocurrency wallet provided by his accomplices and was promised $300 for his role. The case is being handled by city police, with the investigation continuing as authorities identify the wider scam network.