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517^th Military Investigations Department of Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished preliminary investigation of a criminal case against officials of Federal Government Institution (hereinafter FGI) Single Settlement Center of Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation (hereinafter SSC DM RF) located in Moscow: Deputy Head of Department (settlement) Igor Bilevich, Head and Economist of the Bureau (on settlements with personnel) Oleg Munyayev and Ilya Sobolev respectively, as well as Head and Chief Accountant of FGI Stavropol Territory Single Settlement Center of Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Sergey Kochmin and Roman Goryachev. They are charged with a crime under part 3 of article 30 and part 4 of article 159 of RF Criminal Code (attempted swindling on especially large scale).

According to investigators during several nights in March and April this year, wishing to conceal their unlawful actions, one of the perpetrators under other’s passwords entered a computer database of SSC DM RF to put there untrue information about 127 military servants serving in the Southern Federal District. In the morning his accomplice approved false document in accordance with which a total of more than 6.3 million rubles were transferred to bank cards of non-existent militants. In Stavropol Territory another accomplice through a cash machine drew over 4 million rubles allegedly transferred as salaries for January, February and March and as monthly bonuses to 49 contract military servants. They couldn’t manage to cash all the money because after the said unlawful actions had been revealed the competent services blocked the money transferred to 69 bank cards.

After receiving the money the perpetrators tried to conceal their actions and started again to put in database of SSC DM RF untrue information. This time they “fired” people, to whom they earlier unlawfully had transferred money.

During preliminary investigation Belichev was arrested and taken into custody. Taking into account that Munyayev, Sobolev, Kochmin and Goryachev had on their own come to investigating bodies, addmitted their guilt in full, gave testimony, they were released under written undertaking not to live the place and proper behavior. When the crime had been revealed, the accused fully compensated the damage to the state.

After indictment had been approved the case was sent to Meshchansky district court of Moscow to be tried on the merits.