The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation approved the indictment in the criminal case against the former head of the administration of the Vyborg District of the Leningrad Region and four entrepreneurs. Depending on the role and degree of participation, they are accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed using an official position organized by a group on an especially large scale).
According to the investigation, from December 2018 to December 2019, the accused included information about allegedly existing debts to pay for contractors in 2014, 2015, including the repair of two municipal buildings.
Based on these documents, they transferred budget funds to the accounts of controlled by commercial organizations and entrepreneurs. In fact, the contracts were not concluded, the repair of these objects was not carried out.
As a result of these actions, the budget caused damage in the amount of 764 million rubles.
In the course of the preliminary investigation, in order to satisfy the victim claims declared by the representative, the funds and property of the accused and other persons were seized.
The criminal case was sent to the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration on the merits.
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