The panel of judges allowed to initiate a criminal case against a judge who spent $ 2 million on her daughter's wedding

The Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges of Russia agreed to initiate a criminal case against the former judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court of Elena Khakhaleva. She became widely known in 2017, when Joseph Kobzon, Nikolai Baskov, Valery Meladze and Vera Brezhnev performed at the wedding of her daughter, which could cost the organizers $ 2 million, the Caucasus recall .

Khakhaleva is suspected of hiding 127 absenteeism from colleagues, receiving a salary for them as for working days. Thus, according to the investigation, it illegally received 1 million 195 thousand rubles from the state. The chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin last week, appealed to the College of Judges with a request to institute criminal proceedings against the former judge. It is assumed that she can be accused of fraud on an especially large scale and official forgery. According to these articles, she faces up to 10 years in prison.

Hakhaleva herself flew to Yerevan on December 8 and did not return to Russia, the representative of the Investigative Committee said at a meeting of the board. Where she is now is unknown. Earlier it was reported that she may have Georgian citizenship. The Georgian identity card with her photo and date of birth was laid out on the network, but decorated for another surname. His authenticity was not confirmed.