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The Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee in the North Caucasus Federal District continues investigating a criminal case over stealing of budget funds allocated for implementation of federal programs in the Republic of Dagestan, opened into signs of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (swindling committed by an organized group on an especially massive scale).

We remind that earlier head of municipality Kumtorkalinsky district of the Republic of Dagestan – chairman of the district deputies’ assembly Ruslan Toturbiyev has been held on suspicion of this crime. According to investigators, Toturbiyev set up an organized group composed of his subordinates in the district administration to steal budget funds allocated to implement federal programs “Relocation of people from dangerous structures in the municipality of Kumtorkalinsky district” in 2011 and 2012. Despite the fact that there are citizens living in dangerous structures in the district, nobody of them has got new housing. Instead the members of the criminal group submitted to the Ministry of Building and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Dagestan and Fund of Assistance and Reform of Housing and Communal Services of Russia lists of their relatives and friends allegedly living in dangerous structures. Moreover, they presented dilapidated outhouses and administrative buildings as dangerous structures to the Commission of the Fund of Assistance and Reform of Housing and Communal Services of Russia. In all, the members of the criminal group during implementation of the said programs cashed and stole through one of their subsidiary banks over 160 million rubles.

Now the investigators have detained manager of joint-stock commercial bank OOO Esidbank (LLC) Gadzhi Adzhiyev, born in 1962. It has been found that Adzhiyev, using his position in the bank and in line with his role in the organized criminal group, provided problem-free issuance of loans to Falkon-Stroy and withdrawal of cash through a bank cash office (part of the withdrawn and stolen loans was later reimbursed by budget funds). In addition, as a member of inter-agency commission he went to the settlements in the district and showed the members of the commission ruins and outhouses, which were not houses under the threat of collapse. Adzhiyev also put obstacles in the way of preliminary investigation – he tackled the issues connected with the ceasing of criminal investigation, tried to force witnesses to change their testimonies, coordinated activity of the members of the organized group.

At present Adzhiyev is being subject to investigating operations. Custodial restraint is being contemplated.

Earlier in this criminal investigation the investigators have held head of the district administration A,aka Khangishiyev, head of department Sapiybulla Akayev and CEO of construction company Davlet Ukayev. The investigation is ongoing.