In St. Petersburg, a court sentenced to life imprisonment the head of an organized crime group that was involved in killing people in order to take over their homes. This was reported by the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg.

In total, there were 14 defendants in this case, they were found guilty depending on the role of each under Part 1, Part 2 of Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of a criminal community and participation in it), Part 1 of Article 30, paragraph." a, c, g, j" Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of two or more persons by an organized group for the purpose of concealing another crime), paragraphs "g, z" Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code RF (murder committed by a group of persons for mercenary reasons), Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by an organized group or on a particularly large scale) and Part 3 of Article 30, Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted for fraud committed by an organized group or on a particularly large scale).

The court found that the organized crime group operated in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region since 2004. to 2007 The criminal community consisted of two groups: one was engaged in the murder of low-income citizens, the other was engaged in operations to seize their real estate. In total, the criminals were charged with 6 murders, 1 preparation for murder and 8 episodes of fraudulent seizure of citizens' property.

By a court verdict, the leader of the organized crime group, Nikomagomed Karanaev, was sentenced to life imprisonment, 10 members of the criminal community were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 2.5 to 22 years, another three were sentenced to suspended imprisonment for a term of 2 to 3.5 years. .

In St. Petersburg, a court sentenced the head of an organized crime group of black realtors to life imprisonment.