Five residents of Kuzbass will go to trial for turnover of more than 990 million rubles

Brief retelling from RIA II

Five residents of Kuzbass are accused of illegal circulation of payment funds in the amount of more than 990 million rubles.

The defendants acted as an organized group and used dummies to open bank accounts.

The criminal case was sent to court, and the property of the defendants was seized in the amount of more than 7.5 million rubles.

KEMEROVO, October 5 – RIA Novosti. Five residents of Kuzbass will go to trial for illegal circulation of money amounting to more than 990 million rubles, the press service of the SUSC for the region told RIA Novosti.

Investigators of the Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo Region have completed a criminal investigation against five local residents. Depending on the role and degree of participation of each, they are accused of committing crimes under the articles of the Criminal Code “illegal circulation of means of payment committed by an organized group”, “illegal formation (creation, reorganization) of a legal entity through dummies, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy”, “involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime”.

“According to the investigation... from 2016 to 2023, the defendants, acting as an organized group, looked for individuals who were offered, for a monetary reward, to register as the head of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur, open current accounts in banking organizations and transfer access to them to the accused,” the investigative department reported.

The department clarified that after this, the nominal owners completely lost control over the accounts and financial transactions, and the defendants disposed of the funds received at their own discretion.

“During the specified period, the turnover of funds on such accounts amounted to over 990 million rubles,” the SUSC clarified.

In addition, the 45-year-old accused involved his minor son in criminal activities, who was looking for applicants to register as entrepreneurs in one of the educational institutions in the city of Berezovsky.

It is noted that a criminal case was initiated on the basis of materials from the Department of Economic Security and the PC of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kemerovo region.

The investigator questioned over 60 witnesses, conducted more than 40 forensic accounting examinations, more than 20 confrontations, over 40 searches in the apartments and workplaces of the defendants, and conducted more than 30 inspections of objects and documents. The total volume of the criminal case was 230 volumes.

To ensure the execution of the court verdict, at the request of investigators, the court seized the property of the defendants in the amount of more than 7.5 million rubles.