Another blossoming business in Putinistan
More than a billion rubles were stolen by Ingush officials using fake social payments and mortgage loans.

The officials falsified birth and death certificates, allegedly issued by EU states and russian embassies in these countries, and assigned pensions and social benefits based on them.

Also, members of the organized group forged mortgage loan agreements, cashing out money that was transferred to the account of a regional mortgage lending operator. In this way they managed to steal more than a billion rubles.

Two accused were sent to a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of fraud in receiving payments. Another defendant was placed under house arrest, as she is raising seven children.

In February 2023, the Ingush department of the FSB reported the detection of fraud with social payments in the amount of more than 2 billion rubles. In the case of theft from the Pension Fund, 34 people were arrested, including the brother of the head of the republic, Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov.

“NeMoskva” reported about a similar trial in Dagestan, where officials, including the former Minister of Labor, are accused of fraud with social payments. But the amount there is much more modest - only 82 million rubles.

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