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The Voronezh Region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have finished investigating a criminal case against 41-year-old Maxim Larin, 34-year-old Irina Lakhova, 35-year-old Alexander Turenko, 45-year-old Alexey Grechushnikov, 33-year-old Denis Denisov and 35-year-old Mikhail Korolkov. They are charged with a crime under paragraphs “a” and “b” of part 2 of article 172 of the RF Penal Code (organization of illegal gambling using gambling machines outside a gambling area aggravated by revenue on an especially massive scale).

According to investigators, in the period between August 2012 and September 2013 the abovementioned residents of the city of Voronezh organized a criminal group for gambling using gambling machines outside a gambling area and using information telecommunication networks, including the Internet, to get financial benefit. Larin, Lakhova, Turenko, Grechushnikov, Denisov and Korolkov organized gambling in rented uninhabited premises in Central, Comintern and Lenin districts of the city. In all, in the period between August 2012 and September 2013 the accused made over 25 million rubles of illegal revenue on gambling.

The investigators have gathered enough evidence, therefore the indictment has been approved and the case has been sent to court to be tried on the merits.