The Borisov District Prosecutor's Office supported the state prosecution in the criminal case against R., born in 1983,
in committing crimes under Part 4 of Article 210, Part 2 of Article 424 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
R., being an official - chief accountant of the state institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station" (hereinafter referred to as the State Institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station", a state institution), being endowed with organizational and managerial and administrative and economic duties, authorized in the established manner to perform legally significant actions, having a single intent and a common goal of taking possession of funds of the state institution on an especially large scale, in the period from December 2019 to May 2022, using and abusing her official powers, acting with a single continuing intent, stole from the current (settlement) accounts of the State Institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station" funds in the amount of 42,025.44 rubles, which is 1,313 basic units at the rate of 1 basic unit equals 32 rubles, and by cashing out and making non-cash transfers (payments) for the purchase (works, services) for herself and her family members, disposed of them at her own discretion, causing property damage to a government agency on an especially large scale.
Thus, R., with the purpose of fictitious employment and receiving funds as wages, vacation pay and other payments for work that was not performed, drew up an application on behalf of her father E. for his employment as a stoker in the laboratory diagnostics department of the State Institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station", which she agreed with the head of the state institution O. and provided to the personnel officer Ya., unaware of the criminal intent of the guilty person, to prepare an order for the employment of E., thereby organizing his fictitious employment.
She, in continuation of her criminal intent aimed at receiving wages, vacation pay and other payments under a fictitious employment agreement, by drawing up documents on behalf of her father E., organized his fictitious employment as an orderly and, having full access to the current (settlement) accounts of the state institution, carried out banking operations to transfer funds from the current (settlement) accounts of the state institution to a settlement account under her control, opened in the name of her father E., under the guise of paying him wages, vacation pay and other payments as a stoker and orderly who worked in a state institution in the period from January 2020 to May 2022.
Thus, by her deliberate actions, R. committed a crime under Part 4 of Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, as theft of property committed by an official using his official powers (theft by abuse of official powers), on an especially large scale.
In addition, R., acting contrary to the interests of the service, out of selfish interest using her official powers, expressed in the desire to take possession of the funds of a state institution in the total amount of 42,025.44 rubles through the unjustified accrual of wages, vacation pay and other payments under obviously fictitious employment agreements and the transfer of this above-mentioned amount, unjustifiably transferred insurance premiums, insurance payments, income tax and trade union dues in the total amount of 23,349.27 rubles, as well as cash in the amount of 840.51 rubles as payment of the bank's commission at a rate of 2.0%.
Thus, R. unreasonably transferred funds to the State Institution “Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station” as insurance and pension contributions, insurance premiums, income tax payments, trade union dues and bank commission fees in the total amount of 24,189.78 rubles, which amounted to 756 basic units at the rate of 1 basic unit equals 32 rubles, causing damage to the State Institution “Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station” on a large scale.
By her deliberate actions, R. committed a crime under Part 2 of Article 424 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, as the deliberate commission by an official, contrary to the interests of the service, of actions out of selfish interest using his official powers, resulting in damage on a large scale (abuse of power or official powers).
At the court hearing, the accused R. admitted her guilt in the crimes committed in full and refused to testify.
When questioned during the preliminary investigation, R. explained that, while working as a chief accountant at the State Institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station", at the end of 2019 she decided to fictitiously employ her father E. at the State Institution "Borisovskaya District Veterinary Station" as a stoker in the laboratory, for which she personally wrote an application for employment on his behalf, which she handed over to the head of this institution and, having received the relevant resolution from him, asked the accountant Ya. to prepare documents for E.'s employment, thus deceiving the head and this accountant that E. would work at the institution. She did not inform the head of the above-mentioned laboratory about her father's employment in the laboratory.
After employment, E., by creating payment orders, carried out banking operations to transfer funds (salaries, vacation pay and other payments for work that was not performed) from the institution’s current (settlement) accounts to an account opened in Belarusbank OJSC in E.’s name, while the bank payment card issued in the latter’s name was in her possession.
Afterwards, she fictitiously employed E. in the institution as a veterinary orderly and, during the period up to May 2022, in the same manner as described above, accrued and transferred wages to the card account opened in his name. Also, due to the unjustified accrual of E.'s wages, she made other transfers to the accounts of organizations as taxes and other payments in the amount of 24,189.78 rubles.
In addition to the accused’s full admission of guilt, her guilt in committing a crime is confirmed by the totality of evidence collected and examined by the court.
By the verdict of the Borisovsky District Court dated 05.07.2024, R. was found guilty of committing the above-mentioned crimes, and she was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years with a fine of 500 basic units in the amount of 20,000 rubles, with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational and managerial, administrative and economic duties and the performance of legally significant actions for a term of five years.
In accordance with Part 2 of Article 77 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, R. was granted a three-year deferment of the main sentence in the form of imprisonment.
By virtue of Part 4 of Article 77 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, the court ordered the accused not to change her place of residence without the consent of the body exercising control over the behavior of the convicted person, not to travel for personal reasons for more than one month outside the district (city) of her place of residence, to periodically appear at this body for registration, and to perform one hundred hours of community service in her free time from work and (or) study.
The sentence has entered into legal force.
The material was prepared by the assistant prosecutor of the Borisovsky district, junior justice adviser N. N. Litvin especially for the information and news portal "Belnovosti" (Certificate of state registration of mass media (mass media) No. 2 dated December 21, 2018).
