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The investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee in Kaliningrad Region have finished investigating a criminal case against a 47-year-old leading specialist expert of a local office of the RF Pension Fund. The woman is charged with 17 counts of crimes under part 3 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (swindling using official position).

According to investigators, between November 2010 and July 2011 the accused at her working place by deception stole money of citizens, who came to her to learn if they had any debts in compulsory payments to the Pension Fund.

The official used a database to find information about the debts and deliberately lied to the citizens and then offered them to give her the money to pay off the debts. Moreover, the accused promised that she would transfer the money to the account of the Pension Fund, knowing that she had no right to accept the money. The money she got by deception the woman spent on her own needs, while the citizens, who had given her the money, still had debts in the Pension Fund.

17 citizens suffered because of the illegal actions of the accused and the sum of the stolen money exceeds 190 thousand rubles.

Investigators have gathered enough evidence and the criminal case has been sent for the indictment to be approved.