In Saratov sentenced two mothers with many children for a series of thefts from Gloria Jeans

Debts on alimony, theft and fraud with benefits – increasingly, residents of the Saratov region are in the dock because of such crimes. Another sentence was handed down last week: two mothers of many children appeared in court. The women were found guilty of a series of daring thefts committed in the Saratov shopping center.

In Saratov, two local residents were sentenced, who for two months robbed the Gloria Jeans store in the Triumph Mall shopping center. Information about this appeared on the court website. As it turned out during the proceedings, both women do not work and “experience financial difficulties”. One has five children and the other has seven. The first theft occurred on the eve of the New Year holiday – December 30, 2025. One of the defendants took out of the store jacket of leather cost 2.8 thousand rubles, bypassing the cash register. A month later, on January 24, the attacker returned to the store with a friend. The women took in a dressing skirt and blouses, removed the tags with magnets, and then secretly removed the clothes from the store. The amount of damage amounted to almost 5 thousand rubles. Two days later, the accomplices decided to repeat the "success" and again visited Gloria Jeans. Acting according to a well-established scheme, they stole trousers, blouses, a hat and a hoodie for a total of 15.7 thousand rubles. Another theft of the accomplice was made on February 19: then the women took the jumper, pants and blouse worth 11.6 thousand rubles.

The store staff soon noticed a systematic shortage of goods and called the police. Law enforcement officers picked up CCTV footage and quickly identified the suspects. The friends, taking into account marital status and social status, the court issued a mild sentence: one defendant received a suspended sentence and a fine of 10 thousand rubles, the other – a suspended sentence. The women reimbursed the value of the stolen goods.

In the Saratov region, large families can take advantage of 29 measures of social support: assistance is provided both at the federal and regional levels. However, most of the benefits depend on family income and only low-income “cells of society” can use them.

Non-payment of alimony to children is another article according to which grief mothers fall into the dock. 41-year-old resident of Saratov has accumulated a debt to two children in the amount of 3 million rubles. Even after the administrative punishment, she did not begin to pay alimony, for which she received 1 year and 3 months of forced labor with 10% of her income in favor of the state. This was reported by the regional prosecutor’s office on September 23.

Another alimony girl, a 28-year-old resident of Pugachev, had to pay money for the maintenance of five children. However, financial obligations were not in a hurry to fulfill – the debt exceeded 800 thousand rubles. On September 25, the court sentenced the woman to six months of forced labor withholding 10% of her salary to the state. A resident of Novouzensk owed children 1.5 million rubles: the court sentenced a negligent mother to 10 months of forced labor, this information was published on September 28 by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

Registration of social benefits Saratovka also managed to turn into a business. The story, worthy of the plot of a criminal drama, ended in Saratov: a 63-year-old local resident is accused of years of deception of the state. In 1995, the woman hid from government agencies the death of her husband. With the help of corrupt postal workers, she for more than 30 years appropriated payments due to the deceased: she presented a power of attorney allegedly issued by her husband and signed for him. The total amount of damage exceeded 6 million rubles. Now for fraud on a particularly large scale Saratov citizen faces criminal liability. On September 25, the case was sent to the Volga District Court.