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The head of an Altai village will stand trial for fraud, embezzlement and abuse of power
In the Altai Territory, a criminal investigation has been completed against the head of a village in the Zarinsky district, who is accused of fraud with municipal property, embezzlement and abuse of power.
As a representative of the press center of the regional investigative department of the RF IC told the Interfax agency on Thursday, the woman committed most of the crimes in the interests of her relatives.
Investigators believe that in March 2006, the head of the village council illegally entered into a rental agreement for municipal housing with her niece for the purpose of privatization. At the same time, the niece’s family was not registered in the low-income category and, by law, did not have the right to receive such housing.
In addition, the official, using her official position, prepared fictitious documents for her husband’s apartment. According to the investigation, the woman made a certificate stating that her husband did not participate in the process of privatization of housing. Subsequently, the head of the village registered the housing in her own name and sold it to a young family for 338 thousand rubles.
“In 2010, the head of the village entered into an agreement on the lease of municipal property with her son, an entrepreneur, without holding an auction. As a result, the administration leased property belonging to the village council to the entrepreneur. Also, the woman repeatedly issued orders to unjustifiably write off diesel fuel owned by the village council for refueling her son’s tractor equipment,” the agency’s source said.
According to him, in addition, for two years the official stole money from the cash desk of the village administration. During this period, the woman stole about 70 thousand rubles. Investigators also discovered that in 2009, the village head embezzled 77 thousand budget rubles, which were intended to pay five temporary workers.
A criminal case was investigated against the official under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by a person using his official position), three episodes of Part 2 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (exceeding official powers) and four episodes of Part 3 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (embezzlement committed by a person using his official position). The criminal case with the indictment was sent to the Zarinsky District Court for consideration on the merits.