A resident of Yakutia deceived customers in the supply of lumber for 23.8 million rubles

Investigators have opened a criminal case on fraud in the supply of lumber in the amount of 23.8 million rubles. This was reported on May 20 in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

12 citizens and 2 legal entities who signed contracts for the supply of lumber with a resident of the Vilyuysky district from August 2021 to May 2023 contacted the police.

It is specified that the man acted on behalf of his wife, an individual entrepreneur. He received funds in the amount of 23.8 million rubles from customers, while the attacker did not fulfill his obligations.

"According to these facts, the investigator of the Investigative Unit for the investigation of organized criminal activities of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Yakutskoye" in March this year initiated criminal cases under Parts 3 and 4 of art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"), which are currently combined into one proceeding," — follows from the message in Telegram channel of the department.

According to the press service of the department, the investigation suggests that there may be more deceived citizens. At the moment, law enforcement officers are carrying out measures to identify other persons who suffered from the attacker. It is reported that a preventive measure has been chosen against the man in the form of a subscription not to leave and proper behavior.

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Earlier, on April 30, the court confiscated 100 million rubles from a resident of Novosibirsk in a criminal case of land fraud. It was reported that the man legalized the property and attracted uninformed citizens to organize transactions in order to create the appearance of a bona fide acquisition of property rights.