The former head of the Elansky district was sentenced to 10 years for fraud with housing for orphans
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The former head of the Elansky municipal district, Dmitry Litvinov, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a maximum security colony and a fine of 18 million rubles for abuse of power and accepting a bribe when accepting residential buildings for orphans built with violations.
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Dmitry Litvinov served as head of the Elansky municipal district in the Volgograd region. Between August 2021 and October 2022, he facilitated the acceptance of 18 residential buildings for orphans built in violation of building codes.
In the Volgograd region, the former head of the Elansky municipal district, Dmitry Litvinov, received 10 years in prison for fraud with housing for orphans. The regional prosecutor's office reported this to Lenta.ru.
Litvinov was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Abuse of official powers”) and Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Taking a bribe”). He will serve his sentence in a maximum security colony with a fine of 18 million rubles.
As the court found, from August 2021 to October 2022, the defendant assisted in the acceptance of 18 residential buildings for orphans, which were built by a private company in violation of building codes. The company belonged to an entrepreneur he knew. Thus, the total cost of uncompleted work and defects exceeded 22 million rubles. For its part, the contractor, at his own expense, spending 3.6 million rubles, built a residential building on a plot owned by the convicted person.
Open Questions
- Will the affected orphans be compensated?
- What measures will be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future?
- Who exactly is an entrepreneur you know whose company built houses with violations?
