Minchan did not reimburse the expenses spent by the state for the maintenance of his daughter. The court sentenced

The sentence was handed down to a 50-year-old previously unconvicted citizen who evaded reimbursement of expenses spent by the state on the maintenance of his underage daughter, who is on state support, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency was told in the prosecutor's office of the Moscow district.

The accused has an 11-year-old daughter, in respect of whom he is deprived of parental rights. By the decision of the court from April 2025, he is obliged to reimburse monthly the costs spent by the state for its maintenance.

In August 2025, the Minsk resident was employed as a loader at the capital enterprise, but he did not always appear at work, allowing numerous absenteeism without good reasons, which led to incomplete fulfillment of obligations.

Employees of the enforcement department repeatedly warned him of responsibility. As a result, a criminal case was opened against the Minsk citizen.

Guilt in the court hearing, the defendant fully admitted, in what he did sincerely repented.

- The accused has a higher education, a widower, is officially employed, has not previously been brought to criminal responsibility, commented Anna Kostyuchenko, senior assistant prosecutor of the Moscow district, who spoke in the criminal case by the state prosecutor. The court found him guilty of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 174 of the Criminal Code ("Father evasion from the maintenance of children or from reimbursement of expenses spent by the state for the maintenance of children who are or were on state support"), and sentenced him to one month of arrest. In addition, the accused must undergo compulsory treatment for chronic alcoholism and drug addiction.

The sentence has not come into force, can be appealed and challenged in accordance with the procedure established by law.