A man was detained in the Belgorod region for embezzlement of more than 1 million rubles from the budget.

A 50-year-old man was detained in the Belgorod region on suspicion of fraud on a particularly large scale. This was reported on April 9 by the Investigative Committee (IC) for the region.

"A criminal case is being investigated against a 50-year—old resident of the Belgorod region suspected of committing fraud using his official position on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)," the department wrote on its Telegram channel.

It was previously established that the suspect, being the commander of a law enforcement-oriented public association, created forged documents about the duty visits of employees who actually did not take part in the events.

According to the UK, these documents made it possible to transfer more than 1 million rubles to the bank accounts of the fake "duty officers". The defendant disposed of these funds at his discretion, causing damage to the budget of the city of Belgorod.

"The Investigative Committee investigators detained the person involved in accordance with Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, and he will be charged in the near future," the department said.

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