The Investigative Committee opened a case against the “sponsor of FBK” for the theft of 30 million rubles from government contracts

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) against the head of Stroy Engineering LLC and VIP Service LLC Alexander Khomenko. According to the department, he provided financial support to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of Alexei Navalny.

Khomenko is accused of three counts of fraud and put on the wanted list. According to the Investigative Committee, he is now hiding on the territory of Ukraine.

The case concerns 10 state contracts concluded between the legal entities of Khomenko and the Sergiev Posad Socio-Economic College in 2017-2019. The accused and other accomplices of the organized group indicated knowingly false information about the cost of the work performed in the documents, and 30 million rubles received from the budget of the Moscow Region were stolen, the UK said in a statement.

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A new criminal case on fraud was previously opened against Alexei Navalny, who is under arrest until February 15 in the Yves Rocher case. After rallies in support of the oppositionist on January 23, several criminal cases were initiated against his entourage: against the head of Navalny's regional headquarters, Leonid Volkov, for inciting minors to participate in "illegal actions", as well as against FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol and Oleg Navalny for violating sanitary standards, created conditions for mass infection.

How many and what kind of cases were opened after actions in support of Alexei Navalny across the country, at which a record number of people were detained , we told here .