The court seized property worth 310 million from an arrested official from Buinaksk.
The former head of the Buinaksk branch of the Russian Social Fund was unable to confirm the legality of the funds used to purchase property worth 310 million rubles. Two plots of land, a six-story non-residential building, and an apartment were seized for state use. The former official himself is under arrest for alleged embezzlement of maternity capital.
The Buinaksk District Court of the Republic of Dagestan upheld the prosecutor's office's claim to forfeit real estate acquired by the former head of the local branch of the Russian Social Fund and his family members to the Russian Federation. The value of the seized property exceeds 310 million rubles. The United Press Service of the Courts of Dagestan reported today that the appeal to the court was prompted by the results of an audit that revealed a discrepancy between the income of the official and his relatives and their actual expenses on the acquisition of expensive properties.
The audit revealed that for the period from 2009 to 2024, the combined legal income of the official, his common-law spouse, and his sister amounted to approximately 11 million rubles.
However, between 2019 and 2024, property was registered in their names with a combined cadastral value exceeding 78 million rubles, while the market value, according to an expert assessment, is estimated at approximately 317 million rubles. The official was unable to confirm the legal origin of the funds spent on the construction and purchase of this property.
The court ordered the following properties located in the city of Buinaksk to be forfeited to the state and transferred to the Federal Property Management Agency: a six-story non-residential building with an area of approximately 2,800 square meters; two plots of land, one of which contains the said building; and a 72-square-meter apartment registered to the defendant's common-law wife.
All of the listed properties had previously been seized and a ban on registration was imposed.
The official himself is in custody. "The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala has remanded him in custody, with the latest extension lasting until July 7 of this year. He is accused of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159.2 of the Russian Criminal Code in connection with the theft of maternity capital funds," TASS reported today.
The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala arrested four employees of the Social Fund of Russia branch in the Republic of Dagestan, suspected of fraudulently receiving over 49 million rubles.