More than 190 thousand rubles of salaries of fictitious workers appropriated foreman in Vitebsk district

The Prosecutor’s office of Vitebsk district revealed the facts of fictitious employment in the agro-industrial complex and educational institutions. This sb.by reported in the information service of the Prosecutor’s office of Vitebsk region.

As a result of supervisory and analytical measures at enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, in educational institutions, facts of violations of the legislation on state social insurance, pension provision, as well as non-compliance with the requirements of the Decree of the President of Belarus of April 2, 2015 No. 3 "On promoting employment of the population" were established.

By the verdict of the court of the Vitebsk district, the foreman of the agro-industrial complex was found guilty of embezzlement by abuse of official powers of money on an especially large scale. It was established that for four years the accused fictitiously employed workers who did not actually perform their duties. Salary in the amount of more than 190 thousand rubles, accrued to these persons, was stolen by the guilty.

A similar situation is found in educational institutions. The head for six years fictitiously employed persons in institutions under her jurisdiction. Despite the absence of actual labor activity, these periods were credited to the seniority of employees, and payment for housing and communal services was made at tariffs subsidized by the state.

At the protest of the prosecutor of the Vitebsk district, orders for employment, transfer and dismissal against fictitious workers were canceled. According to the results of the inspection, the prosecutor's office of the Vitebsk district issued orders to the agricultural enterprise and educational institutions. In the acts of supervision, it is required to make changes to individual personal accounts of employees in respect of whom wages were unreasonably charged, send relevant information to the Social Protection Fund of the Population, establish the amount of unreasonable deductions for these employees and resolve the issue of reimbursement of these payments to legal entities. In addition, the local administration was ordered to classify these citizens as unemployed in the economy with the recalculation of the cost of housing and communal services.

As a result of the measures taken for the benefit of enterprises, offsetting was made. The execution of acts of supervision remains under the control of the district prosecutor's office. In the trading network Grodno fictitiously employed employees and counted the experience: intervened the Prosecutor’s office