A former deputy minister of construction and housing and communal services will be tried in Makhachkala for embezzling over 300 million rubles.
Makhach Aliyev accused of fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and money laundering obtained as a result of committing a crime (Part 4 of Article 174.1).
In 2015, while heading the Republican Center for Seismic Safety, Aliyev created an organized group to embezzle budget funds allocated under state programs for the construction of social facilities. The official's "team" included the heads of three contractors affiliated with him.
The criminal scheme worked as follows. The Center's director drafted applications for participation in government programs and received budget funds for these purposes. He then included "unfavorable" conditions for potential contractors in the tender documents, ensuring that the tenders would be won by organizations within his criminal group. These organizations, in turn, submitted completion certificates with inflated volumes and costs.
From 2017 to 2018, Aliyev served as Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Utilities of Dagestan. He lobbied for his previous position through his appointee, who also joined a criminal group. In his new position, the official continued to "work" for the benefit of his organized crime group. Specifically, over the course of two years, the accused entered into fictitious transactions to acquire real estate and vehicles, which he registered to affiliated individuals. This property has now been seized.
According to the regional prosecutor's office, Makhach Aliyev and his accomplices stole more than 300 million rubles from the budget over several years.