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In North Ossetia-Alania three charged with membership in criminal society cashing maternity capital

The investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania during investigation of a criminal case against a criminal community cashing maternity capital, have charged three residents of Kabardino-Balkaria with a crime under part 2 of article 210 of the RF Penal Code (membership in a criminal community).

According to investigators, the suspects acting as a criminal community, between 2010 and 2012 under a scheme developed in advance registered a cooperative in the tax bodies as a legal entity, rented an office and put there a signboard with contacts and services for cashing maternity capital. To find clients they gave ads in media. When those wanting to cash maternity capital came, they concluded with them fictitious agreements on interest-free loans, but in fact did not give any money. For their services the suspects charged between 60 and 120 thousand rubles per certificate. With the ready-made packet of documents the clients applied to the local office of the Pension Fund, where based on the forged documents received maternity capital. The money from Pension Fund was transferred for allegedly paying off the loans to the accounts of cooperatives Zhilsots-Proyekt, ZhilSotsProyekt, Doveriye, Kredit Doveriya, registered in Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia-Alania,. Then the money went to the settlement accounts of the third persons, were cashed and returned to the client minus 60-120 thousand rubles. As a result the suspects by the suspects stole from the settlement accounts of the Russian Pension Fund for Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia-Alania over 300 million rubles of budgetary funds.

At an investigators’ request a court has ruled to put the accused under house arrest pending the trial.

At present search and investigating operations are underway to find and gather all the evidence. Other accomplices are being searched for. The investigation is ongoing.