Three Zaporozhye residents punished for large sale of counterfeit cigarettes

The court found three residents of Zaporozhye region guilty of selling illegal tobacco products.

Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Zaporizhzhia region have collected the evidence base, which the court considered sufficient for the conviction against Yevgeny Dano, Viktor Mikula and Pavel Kravtsov. Depending on the degree of involvement of each of them, they were charged with acts related to the circulation of unlabeled tobacco products on an especially large scale as part of an organized group, as well as with the use of fake excise stamps for the labeling of such products - in accordance with paragraph. "a, b" part 6 of article 171.1 and "b" part 6 of article 327.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

According to the court decision, Yevgeny Dano was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment and a fine of 1.3 million rubles, Viktor Mikula - to 4 years of imprisonment and a fine of 800 thousand rubles, Pavel Kravtsov - to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment and a fine of 700 thousand rubles. All convicts will serve their sentences in a high-security correctional colony.

In relation to the fourth member of the criminal group, the criminal case has been allocated to a separate proceeding - the man is wanted.