According to the investigation, the former minister worked with accomplices, for which a criminal case was initiated under two paragraphs of part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud committed by an organized group, on an especially large scale “.
– In 2022, the defendant, who holds the post of chairman of the Committee on Nationalities and Cossacks of the Stavropol Territory, together with other persons from among individual entrepreneurs, concluded state contracts with the Committee for the supply of goods to meet the needs of the participants in a special military operation. However, the difference between the actual market value of the purchased goods and the value specified in state contracts amounted to more than 76 million rubles, the court’s press service noted.
This money, according to investigators, was stolen and was spent by participants in the criminal scheme at their discretion. The defendant was detained for a month and a half until August 20, 2023.
