Penza investigators revealed a scheme with a fictitious marriage for 15 million rubles
First Deputy head of administration of Lopatinsky district and her friend was charged with fraud in receiving payments
The first deputy head of the Lopatinsky district administration and her friend were charged with fraud in receiving payments. The case is conducted by investigators of the first department to investigate particularly important cases of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Penza region. Both are suspected of a crime committed by a group of persons on a preliminary conspiracy and on an especially large scale, under the fourth part of Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code.
Both defendants pleaded guilty.
Earlier, the investigation department reported how the scheme developed. In September 2024, an employee of the district administration helped arrange a fictitious marriage between her friend and a resident of the Lopatinsky district. This was done before the man went to serve in a special military operation zone. After his death, the fictitious wife received payments of almost 15 million rubles. More than 3 million of this amount, she transferred to the first deputy head of the district administration.
The court considered the petitions of the investigator and elected both accused a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest.
