Four businessmen sentenced for stealing 1.1bn rubles on border…
Oleg Semenovoy, head of a commercial firm, received a 12-year sentence and a fine of 20.9 million rubles; Viktor Melikhov – a 10-year sentence and a fine of 7.5 million rubles; Oxana Stenyushkina – nine years and a fine of 4.9 million rubles; and Tatyana Polyakova – eight years and a fine of 5.5 million rubles.
Consensus
- Four businessmen were convicted of embezzling budget funds intended for border protection in Kursk and Bryansk regions.
- The total amount embezzled was approximately 1.1 billion rubles.
- The defendants were sentenced by the Perovskiy Court in Moscow.
- All four were found guilty under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code (fraud in especially large amounts).
- Oleg Semyonov received a 12-year sentence and a 20.9 million ruble fine.
- Victor Melikhov received a 10-year sentence and a 7.5 million ruble fine.
- Oksana Stepanyukina received a 9-year sentence and a 4.9 million ruble fine.
- Tatyana Polyakova received an 8-year sentence and a 5.5 million ruble fine.
- The convicted will serve their sentences in general regime colonies.
- After release, they are prohibited from engaging in commercial activities for three years.
- The funds were allegedly misused between February and December 2023.
- More than 750 million rubles were taken from the Kursk region budget, and over 360 million from the Bryansk region budget.
Points of divergence
- Oleg Semyonov was also found guilty of money laundering (Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code) involving 38.9 million rubles. — vedomosti
- On April 1, the Leninsky District Court of Kursk sentenced three businessmen to nine and ten years in prison for embezzlement during fortification construction, with the governor calling it a 'corrupt business project'. — vedomosti
- On February 20, former head of the 'Corporation for the Development of Kursk Region' Vladimir Lukin was sentenced to nine years, and his deputies Dmitry Spiridonov and Igor Grabin to seven and eight years respectively for embezzling 152 million rubles during fortification construction. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Four merchants sentenced for embezzlement of more than 1 billion rubles during border security — Ведомости
- Four businessmen received 8 to 12 years in prison for embezzlement of funds allocated for border protection — Интерфакс