St. Petersburg residents left the Mariinsky Theatre with losses instead of the combine
The Petrograd district court registered a criminal case against three enterprising Petersburgers. The organizer of their “company” is accused of fraud and money laundering, and his accomplices of fraud. According to the investigation, in 2023, the man created an organized crime group to steal budget funds of the Ministry of Culture through a contract with the Mariinsky Theatre. This is reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.
The Petrograd district court registered a criminal case against three enterprising Petersburgers. The organizer of their “company” is accused of fraud and money laundering, and his accomplices are only accused of fraud. The criminal group deceived the Mariinsky Theatre and fraudulently lured 206 million rubles from it. This is reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.
In October 2023, the fraudster came up with a scheme to steal money allocated by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In his team, he brought two girls and several unidentified persons. With the help of fictitious documents, the company of St. Petersburg won the competition of the Mariinsky Theatre for the construction of an administrative and production building of the Art and Production Plant on 6 Bulavsky Street. The initial cost of the contract was 206 million rubles.
Having received an advance, the accomplices on December 28, 2023, produced forged delivery documents and transferred 95 million to the account of a third party company, after which they cashed this money. The case materials were handed over to the judge for consideration on the merits, and the meeting itself was scheduled for October 20.
