A new case of fraud was opened against Krasnodar professor Savva

Professor Mikhail Savva, who was convicted of fraud and left Russia, became a defendant in a new criminal case under the same article. According to investigators, he stole more than 150 thousand rubles from the budget of the Krasnodar Territory. A criminal case was initiated at the beginning of April 2015 under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), writes Yugopolis. In 2012, the information training center “Levados”, the founder of which is Savva, received 750 thousand rubles from the regional budget - a subsidy to conduct a series of training seminars “Special needs in education: training in social entrepreneurship.” According to the investigation, the classes stated in the training course were not carried out in full; some teachers did not give lectures and received fees for them only on paper. Previously, Savva was sentenced to three years probation for fraud. According to investigators, he then squandered 300 thousand rubles from a state grant and allegedly received another 90 thousand rubles for a course of lectures that he did not actually read. During the investigation, Savva was arrested, and after being released, he left Russia, fearing further persecution. In March 2015, the court replaced Savva, who was on the wanted list, with a suspended sentence of three years in a penal colony.