In Kostroma, the director of a construction company was sentenced to 5 years for theft of 115 million from shareholders

The Sverdlovsk district court of the city of Kostroma sentenced the 58-year-old head of SK Strizh LLC. He was found guilty of committing 16 episodes of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and legalization of criminal proceeds (Part 3 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

A criminal case was initiated on the basis of the materials of the inspection of the prosecutor's office. It was established that in the period from 2022 to 2024, the defendant concluded contracts with citizens for the construction of individual residential houses. Receiving money from clients (the total amount of damage exceeded 115 million rubles), he had no intention to perform the work.

The funds were withdrawn to controlled accounts, including the accounts of the spouse, cashed through ATMs, and were also spent on the purchase of a premium car.

The court sentenced him to 5 years in a general regime colony. In addition, a fine of 500 thousand rubles was imposed, as well as a ban on holding senior positions in the construction sector for a period of 3 years. The defendant was taken into custody in the courtroom.

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