Spouses will be tried for the theft of almost 28 million rubles from a relative

In Buryatia, a married couple from Ulan-Ude will face trial - they are accused of embezzling almost 28 million rubles from the company of a relative. This was reported by the Republican Interior Ministry.

The defendants in the case were the spouses of 37 and 40 years. According to the investigation, the criminal scheme was built around the position of his wife: she worked as a senior manager of wholesale sales in a trading company of electrical goods owned by her relative. Together with her husband, the woman organized a fictitious IP in the name of her husband, opened controlled bank accounts and used them to illegally transfer company funds.

The attackers legalized money: they bought electrical goods, and then sold them through a retail outlet. In addition, the spouses covered personal expenses at the expense of the company, including paying for the maintenance of their car.

As the investigation established, from 2021 to 2024, the damage to the company amounted to more than 27 million 755 thousand rubles. At the same time, the amount of funds that passed the legalization procedure exceeded 1 million 267 thousand rubles.

The couple were charged with fraud on an especially large scale and in the legalization of proceeds from crime. The criminal case has been taken to court.