The former head of the DIA Melnikov was given 4.5 years in prison in the case of fraud

The Presnensky court of Moscow sentenced the former head of the Deposit Insurance Agency Andrei Melnikov to four and a half years in a general regime colony in a case of especially large fraud. This is reported by TASS with reference to one of the participants in the process and “Interfax” with reference to the press service of the Moscow city court.

“The verdict of the court appointed Melnikov punishment in the form of 4 years and 6 months of a colony of general regime with a fine of 900 thousand rubles,” the court said.

The court also satisfied the civil claim of the victim company VDT Stroy and recovered from Melnikov more than 4.2 billion rubles. Until the execution of the sentence, the arrest of his property is preserved.