A court in Sochi arrested former State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko in a fraud case

The Central District Court of Sochi chose a preventive measure for former State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko in a criminal case of major fraud. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the joint press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

The defendant was charged under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The court had no grounds for choosing a preventive measure in the form of bail or house arrest, since the ex-deputy does not have funds or suitable living quarters. He was sent to pre-trial detention until November 19.

From the materials presented to the court, it follows that from 2017 to 2025, Doroshenko and his accomplices stole budget funds intended for the repair and reconstruction of highways in the Krasnodar Territory. For this purpose, the criminal group used the regional association “Regional Industry Association of Employers “Union of Road Workers of Kuban”” and the fund for promoting the construction of objects of socio-cultural significance “My Kuban”.

During this period, road industry enterprises, at the request of Doroshenko and his accomplices, contributed more than 1.8 billion rubles to the fund, which were sent to controlled bank accounts and transferred into shadow circulation.