Contractors of Kuban port development projects accused of embezzling 4 billion rubles

Law enforcement agencies have revealed the embezzlement of more than 4 billion rubles of budget funds during the development projects of three ports in the Krasnodar region and one port in Primorye. This was reported on January 20 in the press service of the transport department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Southern Federal District.

"Within the framework of the state program "Development of the transport system" the state institution has not implemented the projects: "Integrated development of the Novorossiysk transport hub", "Construction of railway parks and development of the Novorossiysk railway station", "Development of the transport hub "Vostochny - Nakhodka" and "Creation of the dry cargo area of the seaport of Taman"," the press service writes.

During the investigation of these cases, the former general director and deputy general director of the federal state institution under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Transport were detained and arrested.

According to the agency, the former is accused of official crimes that were committed during the implementation of state contracts for the development of transport infrastructure facilities in the Krasnodar region and Primorye from 2014 to 2019. He caused damage of over 850 million rubles.

The second is suspected of exceeding his official powers, as he accepted and paid a contractor for poorly executed construction and installation work under state contracts for the development of a seaport in Primorye from 2014 to 2016. This resulted in more than 260 million rubles worth of damage to the country.

Law enforcement agencies are identifying other persons involved in the crimes.

Earlier, on January 16, it was reported that Nikolai Borisov, former director of economics and finance of the Tenth Bearing Plant LLC, was detained in a criminal case of fraud with embezzlement of at least 800 million rubles in the execution of the state defense order. The Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case against the former Director of Finance under Part 4, Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on a particularly large scale"). The defendant was taken into custody and the investigation is continuing.