A resident of Omsk received a loan of 232 million rubles using forged documents

In Omsk, a resident illegally obtained a loan with forged documents for 232 million rubles from the Rosselkhoznadzor. This was announced on March 13 by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

"The Prosecutor's Office of the Omsk region continues to monitor the progress of the investigation by the specialized unit of the SU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Omsk region of a criminal case on the fact of illegally obtaining a loan from JSC Rosselkhoznadzor," the Telegram channel of the department said.

According to the investigation, in the period from August to September 2021, the former head of a commercial organization illegally obtained a loan in the amount of 232 million rubles from a bank using forged documents, which he did not plan to pay. It is noted that the damage to the state amounted to more than 279 million rubles.

In addition, a case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 176 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal receipt of a loan"). However, the man did not admit his guilt. In February 2025, the court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of house arrest.

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Earlier, on January 30, a 19-year-old foreigner was detained in Moscow, who, pretending to be a cashier at a currency exchange office, stole 13.9 million rubles from a client. It was noted that a criminal case had been opened under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale").