Northwestern Federal District Investigations Directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee continues investigating a criminal case over a large-scale stealing of budget funds opened over the signs of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Criminal Code (swindling committed by an organized group on a large scale).
According to investigators, in 2012, Primorsky district administration of Saint-Petersburg concluded a 300 million rubles state contract with commercial organization OOO Temp (LLC) on elimination of unauthorized dumps in the district and creation of environmentally friendly zones. The district administration transferred more than 270 million rubles to the company for the work done, but the investigators believe that a part of the work stated in the local budget worth over 174 million rubles was not performed in fact.
On 13 June 2013, during a search together with operating officers of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate of Federal Security Service, investigators arrested a deputy of IV convocation of Morsky municipal district of Vasilyeostrovsky district in the city of Saint-Petersburg Vadim Pichulin, who was federally wanted. The same day Pichulin was charged with a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Criminal Code (swindling committed by an organized group on a large scale).
At present the following individuals are also under investigation in this case: first deputy head of Primorsky district administration of Saint-Petersburg Vadim Moiseyev, former deputy head of Primorsky district administration of Saint-Petersburg Vasily Styopushkin, head of beautification office of Primorsky district administration of Saint-Petersburg Vladimir Razulenko, head of the office and engineer of technical supervision of Order Service of Primorsky district administration of Saint-Petersburg Viktor Bugry and Sergey Karsten, director of this institution Tatyana Koltsova and representative of contracting company Dmitry Shilov.
In the near future the investigators are going to ask the court to place Pichulin in custody as a pretrial restraining measure. Investigation is carried on.
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