The range of penalties for the secret theft of property, depending on the severity of the committed crime, is wide

The desire for quick enrichment drives citizens to commit this crime. Criminals in this category of cases are typically individuals who are unemployed, lead an antisocial lifestyle, and abuse alcohol.

Unfortunately, such people treat the values of human labor and others' property with disregard, believing that if something is left unattended, it is a gift from fate. However, the greatest distress for such individuals is not public condemnation and moral norms, but the criminal liability provided for the misappropriation of property.

Criminal liability under Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus arises upon the secret misappropriation of property from an individual in an amount exceeding 2 basic units, and exceeding 10 basic units from a legal entity.

The range of punishments for secret misappropriation of property, depending on the severity of the committed crime, is quite broad, from community service to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.

Examples of misappropriation are diverse, and one sometimes marvels at how thoughtless the criminals were, and as a result, the inevitability of criminal liability and punishment.

Thus, Vasily, born in 1993, who was unemployed, on one of the summer days, while on the first floor of the Vitebsk railway station, took advantage of the fact that citizen Stepanenko V.A. left her property unattended on a bench, and secretly stole her mobile phone, valued at 180 rubles. He could not explain why he took the phone.

Vasily's reckless act led him to the dock, where by the verdict of the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Vitebsk, he was sentenced to community service for a term of 120 (one hundred and twenty) hours.

Senior Assistant of the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor
Ryzhko Ivan Alexandrovich