Ex-employees of accounting of the Veliky enterprise were released from punishment by the statute of limitations

The Pskov Regional Court considered appeals of former employees of the accounting department of the municipal enterprise “Pharmacy” in Veliky Luki, convicted of embezzlement and embezzlement of funds using official position by an organized group on an especially large scale. This “MK in Pskov” reported in the press service of the courts of the Pskov region.

According to the investigation, the director of the enterprise offered the deputy, the acting chief accountant, the payroll accountant and the cashier accountant to participate in the theft of money under the guise of additional payments and bonuses not provided for by the collective agreement and without the consent of the owner of the property - the administration of the Great Lukes.

United in an organized group, from January 2013 to August 2016, they stole more than 13.2 million rubles.

On June 30, 2026, the Velikoluka City Court found the defendants guilty and sentenced them to 2 years 4 months to 5 years of suspended imprisonment with probation, and also recovered the damage caused.

In the appeal, the convicts asked for acquittal, but the regional court left the conviction in terms of finding them guilty without change. At the same time, in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations of criminal prosecution in the court of appeal, the convicted persons were released from the imposed punishment.