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Amur Region Office of Federal Bailiffs Service Head and his two accomplices suspected of abuse of office

The sixth investigations department of the Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee based in the city of Khabarovsk has opened a criminal investigation against Head of the Amur Region Office of the Federal Bailiffs Service Vladimir Dubina, his deputy and head of finance and economics department of the said office over a crime under part 1 of article 285 of the RF Penal Code (abuse of authority).

According to investigators, the said officials, aware that there were over 5.7 million rubles worth overdue wages over the period between 2005 and 2014 in three district departments of the Amur Region Office of the Federal Bailiffs Service, received from the Russian Federal Bailiffs Service 5 million rubles to pay the wages. The accomplices paid wages only to the current employees and over the period between 2011 and 2014, about 2.3 million rubles in all, and the rest of the money, over 3.4 million rubles, used as economy means in the wage fund and got higher bonuses for that in 2014. In 2015, having learned that there were checks coming, Dubina decided to pay the rest of the overdue wages from the wage fund 2015, by not paying the employees the bonus for the second quarter of 2015 which was ensured by the Russian laws.

By their actions the Head of the Amur Region Office of the Federal Bailiffs Service, his deputy and head of finance and economics department violated considerably rights and legal interests of citizens and the state’s interests protected by the law.

House arrest is expected for two of the accomplices, while the head of finance and economics department can be remanded in custody due to his counteraction to the investigation. The investigation is ongoing.