The court sent those who stole four million during the repair of rural DC to the colony for three years

The court in the Novgorod region issued a verdict in the case of fraud during the reconstruction of the House of folk art, the press service of the SU TFR in the Novgorod region reported.

Two local residents - the director of the construction company and the head of the MKU "Customer Service" - were found guilty of embezzling budget funds. As investigators found out, at the end of 2019, officials entered false data into the documents: they overstated the volume of work performed and the amount of building materials used.

The money was allocated for the renewal of the Borkovsky District House of Folk Art. As a result of the fraud, more than 4 million rubles disappeared from the budget. The administration of the Novgorod municipal district and the Ministry of Culture of the region suffered damage.

The court appointed the head of the “Customer Service” a punishment of three years and one month in prison, a fine of 500 thousand rubles, and also banned him from holding separate positions for a year. The director of the construction firm received three years in prison and the same fine. Both will serve time in a general regime correctional colony.