More than 40 people became defendants in a criminal case about the theft of 2.8 billion rubles allocated to the development of Northern Kavkaz's electric networks. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Northern Caucasus Federation District (Northern Caucasus Federation District).
Regarding 41 defendants in investigating theft of budget funds <...> A criminal case of a criminal community has been made, the statement said.
It followed that the case was opened by art. 210 of the Penal Code. Including those suspected to create a criminal community, the former head of the largest energy distribution company in the Northern Caucasus Federation and his subordinates. The same thing applies to some representatives of the Dagestan Republic's electricity network and some commercial organizations.
According to the agency, the criminal community was created by defendants operating in nine years – from 2012 to 2021. During this time, attackers were appointed 2.8 billion rubles, thought to have been spent on the implementation of a program to reduce electricity losses in the distribution network in Dagestan.
On March 14, the Court in the Nizhny Novgorod area arrested the first Deputy Director of the University of Research Volga Serge Vozhik in the fraud. The government has ordered a man in a top cash detention center until May 12 this year.