Ex-deputy head of Moscow's Kazan railway Station convicted of fraud

The former deputy head of the Kazan railway Station in Moscow was found guilty of fraud, the verdict was handed down by the Meshchansky district court of the city, the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office reported on December 25.

The defendant was sentenced under Parts 3 and 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on a large and especially large scale"). He was sentenced to five years of probation, and a fine of 950 thousand rubles was imposed in favor of the state.

The court confirmed that from June 2023 to February 2024, the convict misled the individual entrepreneur in order to receive remuneration. He convinced the businessman to pay 4 million rubles for the early release of the space, as well as assistance in concluding a lease agreement for three non-residential premises on the territory of the station.

During the term of his conviction, the ex-official is also prohibited from engaging in organizational and administrative activities and performing administrative and economic functions in state-owned companies. The verdict has entered into legal force.

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Prior to that, on December 12, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Rushania Bilgildeeva, a former deputy of the Kazan City Duma, to four years in prison in a fraud case totaling over 38 million rubles. She was sentenced to four years in prison and served her sentence in a general regime penal colony.

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