The head of Nizhny Novgorod city Konovalov was given 5 years for fraud

Nizhny Novgorod district court sentenced in the case of fraud in the implementation of the project “New city”, reports “Kommersant-Volga”.

The former head of the ANO “Gorky” Gleb Konovalov and the head of the PSC “Fighter” Evgeny Ponomarev were found guilty under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale). The court appointed Konovalov 5.5 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 700 thousand rubles, Ponomarev - 4 years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

Both were taken into custody in the courtroom.