A criminal case was opened against the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Novosibirsk region.

In the Novosibirsk region, a criminal case was opened against Andrei Goncharov, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the region, under the article on abuse of office. This was reported on May 13 in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office in the Telegram channel.

According to the investigation, in the period from May 2023 to January 2024, the man reduced the quantity of goods that were supplied under a state contract, and also illegally made payments to a limited liability company in the amount of about 95 million rubles.

It clarifies that the punishment is provided for in paragraphs "c" and "d" of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code ("Abuse of official authority") and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code ("Fraud") in relation to the managers of a limited liability company.

At the same time, the prosecutor's office added that the criminal case was initiated based on the results of the materials of the prosecutor's check against the defendant, as well as the operational search activities of the FSB of Russia.

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