The defendant of the case of theft in the center of Khrunichev was given a suspended sentence

Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the former deputy general director for the economy of the Khrunichev Center Alexander Ostrovekh to five years of conditional term in the case of embezzlement of more than 285 million rubles. As Izvestia write .

He was accused under Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (“Assignment or embezzlement committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale”). The case was investigated by the main investigative department of the TFR.

It is noted that Ochuper authorized his guilt and collaborated with the investigation, and the case was considered in a special order. The acutely is under house arrest since the summer of 2015.

According to the investigation, in the summer of 2007, the Khrunichev, anxious on behalf of the Khrunichev Center, entered into an agreement on the provision of audit and legal services with the general director of Ecoprovo CJSC Dmitry Dyakonov. The company received from the center 22 thousand euros per month plus 5 percent of the amounts, for which the loss of the enterprise decreased as a result of its activity.

As part of the same criminal case, the former general director of the Khrunichev Center Vladimir Nesterov and the chief accountant of the company Mikhail Yakushin are accused.

According to the investigation, from September 2007 to February 2014, Dyakonov provided acutely with acts of acceptance-containing, containing inaccurate data on allegedly conducted audit checks and consultations for lawyers of the Khrunichev Center.

In total, more than 285 million rubles were transferred to the Khrunichev Center in the Khrunichev account.

The investigation documents presented to the court indicate that the cash out of the deacons shared the cashed funds with Ostrovoh and Nesterov.

Dyakonov was arrested in May 2015.

In total, criminal cases were instituted against eight leaders of the center.

The Khrunichev Center produces Proton and Angara launch vehicles.