A criminal case for fraud was opened against Moscow City Duma deputy Oleg Sheremetyev

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of fraud on an especially large scale against Moscow City Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Oleg Sheremetyev. He opposed amendments to the Constitution and for ending the “Moscow case.” About the criminal case on the department’s website.

reported The case was initiated under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale).

“According to the investigation, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, with the intent to steal funds from the city budget and personal enrichment, in the period from November 2019 to February 2020, monthly prepared and submitted to the Duma Apparatus documents on bonuses for his assistant in the amount of 350 to 600 thousand rubles, containing deliberately false information about the latter’s performance of tasks of particular importance and complexity, but in reality he misappropriated funds and disposed of them at his own discretion,” the Investigative Committee states.

According to the investigation, Sheremetyev caused material damage to the Moscow budget in the amount of more than 2 million rubles. It is reported that law enforcement officers “managed to suppress the illegal activities of the defendant.”

The Investigative Committee is currently conducting investigative actions. The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the deputy will soon be decided.

“Oleg Sheremetyev’s assistants leave the investigators after interrogation. “Everyone is in the status of witnesses in a criminal case under the article of fraud on an especially large scale,” activist Nikita Zaitsev, who is also one of the deputy’s assistants.

15:20 reported Moscow City Duma Deputy Oleg Sheremetyev was detained for 48 hours before the trial to select a preventive measure, his assistant Nikita Zaitsev.

20:15 reports Sheremetyev’s voluntary assistant Alla Salakhova had police come to her home. Salakhova herself told OVD-Info about this.

23:15 A plainclothes policeman wanted to interview her as a witness in the case, but Salakhova demanded a subpoena, and the policeman left, standing at her door for about 15 minutes.

Oleg Sheremetyev is one of the opposition members of the Moscow City Duma who won the elections in 2019. In particular, he is against amendments to the Constitution, as well as setting a voting date. In addition, he stopped criminal prosecution in the “Moscow case” against participants in the summer 2019 protests. spoke out demanded

A criminal case for fraud was opened against Moscow City Duma deputy Oleg Sheremetyev

reported The case was initiated under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale).

The Investigative Committee is currently conducting investigative actions. The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the deputy will soon be decided.

15:20 reported Moscow City Duma Deputy Oleg Sheremetyev was detained for 48 hours before the trial to select a preventive measure, his assistant Nikita Zaitsev.

20:15 reports Sheremetyev’s voluntary assistant Alla Salakhova had police come to her home. Salakhova herself told OVD-Info about this.

23:15 A plainclothes policeman wanted to interview her as a witness in the case, but Salakhova demanded a subpoena, and the policeman left, standing at her door for about 15 minutes.

Oleg Sheremetyev is one of the opposition members of the Moscow City Duma who won the elections in 2019. In particular, he is against amendments to the Constitution, as well as setting a voting date. In addition, he stopped criminal prosecution in the “Moscow case” against participants in the summer 2019 protests. spoke out demanded