Scam totaling 40 million rubles resulted in a 4-year probation sentence.
There's a criminal case involving the former deputy head of the Krasnodar Territory. Yuri GritsenkoThe case against Yuri Gritsenko, which lasted over five years, concluded with a guilty verdict. He was found guilty of fraud and abuse of authority, but was given a suspended sentence.
The court determined that in 2016, the official issued an illegal order to transfer funds from the institution he controlled, amounting to 200 million rubles, for the construction of a perinatal center in Sochi. The court also found that Yuri Gritsenko had acquired a piece of municipal land near Krasnodar at a reduced cost. Gritsenko denies the charges, and the verdict will be appealed.
The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar found the former deputy head of the Krasnodar Territory, Yuri Gritsenko, guilty of committing a significant fraud and abusing his office. The court sentenced him to four years of suspended liberty, prohibited him from holding civil service positions for two years, and ordered him to pay a 700,000 ruble fine. His accomplices, a former assistant to the vice-governor, Roman Shchedrov, and the former director of the State Autonomous Institution of the Krasnodar Territory, Ludmila Pankratova, also received suspended sentences. Roman Shchedrov and the former director of the State Autonomous Institution of the Krasnodar Territory, Ludmila Pankratova, received suspended sentences. The court found that in the fall of 2016, Vice Governor Yuri Gritsenko, who oversaw the construction sector of the region, became aware of problems with financing the construction of a perinatal center in Sochi. Gritsenko, according to the prosecution, decided to use the funds of the regional GAU Krasnodarkraygosexpertiza, resulting in financial losses for the institution.The court acknowledged that Vice Governor Yuri Gritsenko, who was responsible for the construction sector, used funds from Krasnodarkraygosexpertiza to finance the perinatal center in Sochi.
In a difficult situation, Gritsenko chose to use the funds of the regional GAU Krasnodarkraygosexpertiza to secure financing for the construction project, resulting in significant financial losses for the institution.
The second episode of the criminal case against Yuri Gritsenko is related to the acquisition of a 1.8-hectare plot in the village of Berezov in the suburbs of Krasnodar. The land owned by the municipality was leased to members of the garage cooperative for the construction of parking and service facilities, the land was allocated without a competition by the decision of the expert municipal investment council. Then the tenants changed the purpose of the site for residential construction, erected several houses and bought the territory at a reduced price (374 thousand rubles at a market value of 40 million rubles). The investigation and the court came to the conclusion that the organizer of the illegal scheme was Yuri Gritsenko, who eventually registered the site for his wife.
The criminal case against Yuri Gritsenko was initiated in February 2017, and a few months later he was removed from office. During the investigation and trial, the former vice-governor pleaded not guilty. Defense counsel for the defendant Alexander Shutkov, the managing partner of the Moscow law firm Shutkov and Partners, told the editors that the verdict of the Leninsky Court would be appealed.
